Rick O’Miara allegedly urinated in the street and failed to pay for meal

‘Stoned’ Australian tourist, 26, is arrested in Bali after allegedly walking out of a restaurant without paying and urinating in the street outside a shop – as police accuse him of taking magic mushrooms

• Rick O’Miara was recorded allegedly urinating in the streets of Bali last week
• He was arrested after allegedly walking out of a restaurant without paying 
• He was taken to the police station but quickly transferred to Satpol PP
• Police suspect he was high on magic mushrooms and said he seemed ‘stoned’ 

By Mahnaz Angury For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 03:38 BST, 2 September 2019 | Updated: 03:47 BST, 2 September 2019

An Australian tourist who was filmed allegedly urinating outside a shop in Bali has been arrested after walking out of a restaurant without paying. 

Footage of the man, believed to be Rick O’Miara, 26, went viral last week after he allegedly passed out next to a shop in Ngurah Rai Street, in Kuta, while urinating.

O’Miara was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly walked out of a restaurant without paying.

Police said the tourist appeared ‘stoned’ and believe he may have taken magic mushrooms.  

‘He’s went viral with the video where he peed,’ police told Dedik News.   

Pictured: Rick O’Miara arrested by Bali authorities after allegedly leaving a restaurant without paying for his meal

‘We looked for him along By Pass Ngurah Rai road, but he showed up around Kuta just earlier this morning.

‘He ate [at a restaurant] without paying, so he was brought to the police station, but then he was taken to Satpol PP because he’s stoned.’

Satpol PP act as public order police in Kuta. 

When interviewed by officers O’Miara allegedly refused to tell them who he was or show them any ID, according to Bali Plus.  

The Australian’s case is now being managed by Bali immigration due to his suspected consumption of magic mushrooms which is categorized as Class 1 narcotics. 

Even though the recreational drug has been classed under the same category as meth and marijuana since 2014, it is still extremely popular among tourists in Bali.   

O’Miara’s arrest comes in the wake of a series of embarrassing incidents in Bali, prompting a warning to all foreigners.

Bali Governor Wayan Koster said disrespectful visitors would be removed from the country. 

Footage of a tourist, believed to be O’Miara went viral last week, after he was recorded allegedly urinating outside a shop in Bali

‘In the future, if there are tourists behaving like that we should just send them home, they are being disorderly coming to Bali. We will give them this warning,’ Governor Koster told reporters.

‘They shouldn’t think merely on the basis of income, and then allow tourists to engage in disrespectful behavior,’ he said.

His comments came after Instagram influencer and model Sabina Dolezalova, posted a video of her boyfriend Zdenek Slouka spraying holy water from a fountain on to her backside.

Pictured: Instagram influencer and model Sabina Dolezalova posted a video of her boyfriend Zdenek Slouka spraying holy water from a fountain on to her backside

Senator Dr Arya Wedakarna called the pair as ‘disgusting’ and their behaviour ‘unacceptable’.

Following the backlash, the couple took to Instagram to apologise for their actions.

‘We are so sorry about the video from yesterday. We dishonoured the holy temple and the holy water in Ubud,’ Slouka said.

‘We didn’t know it [was holy] and we are so sorry about what happened’.

The couple (pictured) have since apologised for their actions saying they were not aware that the water was holy

 

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