Denpasar, Indonesia - On Thursday, Indonesian authorities on the Bali Tourism Island announced the arrest of several foreign nationals, including Australians, Indians and an American, allegedly suspected of possessing narcotics, allegedly subject to death.

Authorities say customs officials at Bali Ngula Lai International Airport arrested an Indian national in the customs and excise duty inspection area on May 29, where he arrested a metric HV in the customs and excise duty inspection area.

After an interrogation of HV later that day, officials from the Bali National Anesthesiology Agency arrested an Australian man, abbreviated PR, who has been visiting Bali since 1988.

PR asked HV to bring Duffel bags from Los Angeles to Bali, and I said at a press conference that I asked Sinar Subawa, an official at the Narcotics Agency.

In a search for a house where he lives, officers found some narcotics in the form of a cannabis concentrate product, which belongs to PR and has been purchased through the Telegram Messagich app.

Subawa said marijuana was shipped from Los Angeles and the Philippines. The officers seized 191 grams of marijuana (6.7 ounces), as well as some candies including THC, and 488 grams of marijuana (17.2 ounces).

Subawa said both PR and HV are now suspected of using narcotics based on the evidence they found.

"PR is suspected of violating Indonesia's narcotics law, which violates the death penalty, life imprisonment or imprisonment for at least four years and up to 12 years," Subawa said.

The agency, along with HV and PR, also arrested Americans, Americans when it collected a package from the post office in Bali on May 23.

An official unpacked the WM carries and found seven silver packaging containing 99 orange Angan Deming pills and obtained a white Apple iPhone brand phone.

The agency provided evidence at a press conference in the city of Den Barca on Thursday, including marijuana and marijuana arrest from the suspect.

All suspects will be subject to legal action in Indonesia, including trials and sentencing.

Despite having the world's strictest drug laws, Indonesia is a major drug hub, partly because international drug groups target its young population, the UN Office for Drugs and Crime said.

Southeast Asian countries have extremely strict drug laws and convicted smugglers may face severe penalties, including the possibility of execution through shooting squads.

Three British nationals accused of smuggling nearly a kilogram of cocaine to Indonesia were charged in a Bali court on Tuesday, and an Australian man was arrested on May 27 for allegedly smuggling cocaine. If convicted, either or all of them could face death penalty.

The latest data from the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections shows that about 530 people are on death row in Indonesia, mainly drug-related crimes. Indonesia's last execution was conducted in July 2016, with three foreigners.

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Tarigan reported from Jakarta, Indonesia.