National Narcotics Board (BNN)
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Anti-narcotics agency · 48 reports
- People arrested
- 248
- Plants destroyed
- 2,239,886
- Cannabis seized
- 263.094 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
BNN burns 4 tons of cannabis on 2.5 hectares in Aceh Besar
Indonesia's narcotics agency destroyed more than four tons of ready-to-harvest cannabis on 2.5 hectares in the mountains of Desa Pulo Lamteba, Aceh Besar. Officers uprooted and burned the plants on site after a week-long investigation; no owner was found.
Area 2.5 haCannabis 4 t3.37-tonne Gresik cannabis case reaches court; indictment reading postponed
Four defendants in Indonesia's 3.37-tonne Thai cannabis-bud smuggling case appeared at Gresik District Court, where the reading of the indictment was postponed. One defendant, a Chinese national, has filed a pretrial challenge in East Jakarta, and the panel said the main examination must wait for that ruling.
Arrested 12Cannabis 3.3714 tThree held as 18 hectares of cannabis burned in Aceh Utara
A joint Bareskrim, BNN and Lhokseumawe police team destroyed about 18 hectares of harvest-ready cannabis at Alue Garut, Teupin Ruseb, Sawang on 2 November 2026 by burning the plants. Three suspected field owners aged 32 to 42, identified only by initials, were arrested.
Arrested 3Area 18 ha122.86 hectares of cannabis destroyed in Aceh and North Sumatra
A joint Polri-BNN operation destroyed 122.86 hectares of cannabis fields across North Sumatra and Aceh between 27 October and 2 November 2026. Four people were detained in North Aceh, with three named as suspects facing up to 20 years' imprisonment.
Arrested 4Charged 3Plants destroyed 150,000Area 122.9 haAceh police and BNN destroy 157,290 cannabis plants in six districts
Aceh provincial police and the provincial narcotics agency destroyed 157,290 cannabis plants across 104.86 hectares in six districts of Aceh on 31 October and 1 November 2026. Police estimated the uprooted plants at 78.645 tonnes. A 2 November national-police recap put the wider operation at 122.86 hectares and named suspects.
Plants destroyed 157,290Area 104.9 haCannabis 78.645 tPolice arrest 29 in 1,816-officer raid on Jakarta's Kampung Bahari
Police arrested 29 people in a morning sweep of Kampung Bahari, a drug-dealing area beside the railway in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on 1 November 2026. Officers seized cannabis, hundreds of grams of methamphetamine, thousands of ecstasy pills and a tablet press; an earlier police count was 26.
Arrested 29Police and BNN burn 20 hectares of cannabis fields in Nagan Raya
A joint police and national narcotics agency team burned an estimated 20 hectares of cannabis growing at three sites in the mountains of Beutong district, Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh, on 31 October 2026. No owner or suspect was found, and no count of plants or weight was given.
Area 20 haFive hectares of cannabis burned after seven-hour trek on Tor Sihite
A 90-person team from BNN and North Sumatra police destroyed about five hectares of cannabis on Tor Sihite in Mandailing Natal on 31 October 2026 after a tip and a seven-hour hike. Officers uprooted and burned the crop at two nearby sites; no growers were arrested.
Plants destroyed 150,000Area 5 haCannabis 3 tSouth Sumatra police destroy 21 g of cannabis in a 36.4 kg drug haul; 87 held
South Sumatra's provincial police destroyed drug evidence including 21 grams of cannabis in the courtyard of their Palembang headquarters on 30 October 2026. Police said the evidence came from 71 cases with 87 suspects opened in October, and that the haul was mostly 36.4 kg of methamphetamine.
Arrested 87Cannabis 21.3 gDeli Serdang police hold 57 and seize 23.5 kg of ganja in October sweep
Deli Serdang police reported on 30 October 2026 that Operasi Sarang Narkoba, run from 9 to 29 October, produced 30 narcotics cases and 57 suspects. Officers seized 23,517.86 grams (23.5 kg) of ganja among a larger haul and valued the cannabis at Rp35,276,000.
Arrested 57Cannabis 23.51786 kgArga Makmur court gives two cannabis users 10 months and rehabilitation
The Arga Makmur District Court in Bengkulu sentenced M. Santri and Kiki Juliansyah to 10 months each on 29 October 2026 for using cannabis, with three months of rehabilitation. The court used a restorative-justice procedure under Indonesia's 2025 criminal procedure code, with the narcotics agency as the victim party; Kiki was arrested with 2.37 grams of cannabis.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 2.37 gPrison 10 monthsSouth Lampung prosecutors destroy 1.24 kg of seized cannabis
South Lampung's district prosecutor's office destroyed 1.24 kg of cannabis on 29 October 2026, part of a haul that also included 38.3 kg of methamphetamine, 56 ecstasy pills and 1,349 etomidate vape cartridges. Prosecutors said the evidence came from cases with final court rulings, and the South Lampung police chief attended the destruction.
Cannabis 1.24 kg18 hectares of cannabis burned in North Aceh, four farmers held
On 27 October 2026 Aceh's provincial narcotics agency and police destroyed about 18 hectares of cannabis at Teupin Reusep, North Aceh, after a joint sweep involving roughly 90 personnel. Four suspected growers were handed to Lhokseumawe district police; plants were uprooted and burned on site.
Arrested 4Area 18 haRider caught after chase as accomplice flees with ganja
A joint police-BNN team chased two motorbike riders through Panyabungan on 13 October 2026 after one threw a bag of ganja onto the road. Officers caught the rider with 13.7 kg in 14 packs; his accomplice escaped into a rubber plantation with the rest.
Arrested 1Cannabis 13.7 kgTen detained in Jayapura cannabis raid on Kampung Vietnam
Papua Police narcotics officers raided a suspected drug-trafficking operation in Kampung Vietnam, Jayapura, on 24 October 2026, detaining 10 people including six Papua New Guinean nationals. They seized two sacks of dried cannabis weighing 10 kg along with air rifles, a softgun, bayonets and machetes.
Arrested 10Cannabis 10 kgTwo held as Langsa police seize 39.9 kg of cannabis
Langsa police arrested two men, a 27-year-old farmer and a 20-year-old student from East Aceh, and seized 39.898 grams (39.9 kg) of cannabis at Kuala Langsa on the night of 21 October 2026. Police suspect they were dealers; the seizure was the only cannabis case among ten drug cases in the city's Operasi Sarang Narkoba 2026.
Arrested 2Cannabis 39.898 kgBNN destroys four hectares of cannabis at two Sawang sites in Aceh
On 4 October 2026 Indonesia's national narcotics agency led the destruction of cannabis on two plots in North Aceh totalling four hectares—one hectare at Aluele Modek in Teupin Rusep at 223 metres elevation and three hectares at Cot Rawatu in Jurong village at 120 metres—with photographs documenting officers uprooting and burning plants in the field.
Area 4 haTwo arrested as West Sumatra agency seizes 29.85 kg of cannabis
West Sumatra's provincial narcotics agency, BNNP Sumbar, stopped a car at the Koto Baru market junction in Agam regency on 15 September 2026 and seized 29.85 kg of dried cannabis. Two men were detained; the agency said the load was bound for Padang Panjang from Mandailing Natal in North Sumatra.
Arrested 2Cannabis 29.85 kgWest Sumatra agents seize 44 kg of cannabis and detain three
West Sumatra's provincial narcotics agency stopped a minibus outside a petrol station at Lubuk Sikaping in Pasaman regency on 6 September 2026 and seized 44.08 kg of cannabis, detaining two suspected couriers. A follow-up arrest in Padang brought in a third man the agency described as the couriers' controller and the owner of the load.
Arrested 3Cannabis 44.08446 kgBNN North Sumatra seizes 126 kg cannabis on becak route from Aceh
On 3 September 2026 BNNP Sumatera Utara arrested three men and seized 126.3 kg of cannabis after intercepting a becak load in Langkat, searching a Besitang stash house whose operator fled, and rounding up two receivers in Deli Serdang.
Arrested 3Cannabis 126.3 kgSuspected cannabis courier dies after chase in Mandailing Natal
In an early-morning chase on 20 August 2026, North Sumatra narcotics officers stopped two men on a motorcycle near Panyabungan with about 15.3 kg of dried cannabis; one suspect, identified as ZI, died from a gunshot wound after allegedly attacking officers with a blade, and his companion MAL was detained.
Arrested 1Cannabis 15.33265 tDeaths 1BNN destroys 30,000 cannabis plants on 12 hectares in Nagan Raya
Aceh's BNN provincial office and Nagan Raya police uprooted and burned about 30,000 harvest-ready cannabis plants across two mountain fields totalling roughly 12 hectares on 15–16 August 2026. No arrests were reported.
Plants destroyed 30,000Area 12 ha17,000 cannabis plants destroyed at nine fields in North Aceh hills
On 13 August 2026 a joint team from Lhokseumawe police, the national narcotics agency and customs found nine cannabis plots totalling about four hectares on hills at Teupin Reusep, North Aceh, uprooted about 17,000 plants and burned them on site. Two suspected owners were listed as wanted; neither was caught.
Plants destroyed 17,000Area 4 haPolice uproot 19 cannabis plants at Sukatendel, Karo
A joint team found 19 cannabis plants at Perladangan Tembuten near a drug-and-gambling barracks in Sukatendel, Tiganderket, on 22 July 2026. Officers uprooted the plants and secured them as evidence while investigating who had planted them.
Chinese passenger arrested with 14.6 kg of cannabis at Soekarno-Hatta
BNN and customs officers seized 14,616.5 g of cannabis from the luggage of a Chinese national at Terminal 3 Soekarno-Hatta on 16 July 2026 during a Bangkok–Hong Kong transit; the suspect was later charged under Indonesia's narcotics law.
Arrested 1Cannabis 14.6165 kgIndonesia seizes 3.37 tonnes of Thai cannabis buds in East Java
A joint BNN, customs and East Java police operation from 29 June to 1 July 2026 found 3.37 tonnes of cannabis buds from Thailand in 500 suitcases and 80 cartons at a warehouse in Gresik. Twelve people were arrested, including a Chinese national; BNN said the buds were intended to be turned into THC vape liquid.
Four couriers stopped with 145 kg of cannabis on the Bukittinggi–Medan road
West Sumatra's provincial narcotics agency stopped two cars at kilometre five on the Bukittinggi–Medan highway in Agam before dawn on 10 May 2026 and seized about 145 kg of cannabis in seven sacks, arresting four men the agency said were escorting the load from Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra.
Arrested 4Cannabis 145.085 kgBNN stops Aceh–Medan truck convoy with 200 kg of cannabis in Langkat
On 3 February 2026 BNN officers arrested three men on the Aceh–Medan highway at Besitang, Langkat, and seized about 200 kg of dried cannabis from a Toyota Hilux escorted by a Toyota Innova. The agency said the load came from Gayo Lues, Aceh, and was bound for distribution beyond North Sumatra, including Java.
Arrested 3Cannabis 200 kgBNN burns 69 tonnes of cannabis in North Aceh
Six plots covering 6.5 hectares in Teupin Reusep, North Aceh, held about 97,000 cannabis plants and 69 tonnes wet weight; 151 personnel destroyed them in place on 6 November 2025. The village is one of four alternative-development pilot sites where BNN is trying to move growers to legal crops.
97,000 cannabis plants destroyed in North Aceh
Indonesia's national narcotics agency led 151 officers into six fields near the village of Teupin Rusep and destroyed about 97,000 plants, some 69 tonnes by wet weight, on 6.5 hectares.
Plants destroyed 97,000Area 6.5 haCannabis 69 tBNN destroys two hectares of cannabis at Pulo and Ie Seum in Aceh Besar
On 10 September 2025, Indonesia's BNN led a 117-person task force that destroyed about 5,000 cannabis plants weighing roughly 2.3 tonnes on two hillsides in Seulimeum and Masjid Raya, Aceh Besar, after a late-August survey found 1.3 and 0.7 hectare plots; no growers were named.
Plants destroyed 5,000Area 2 haCannabis 2.3 tBali anti-drug agency presents Latvian and Swedish hashish suspects
Bali's National Narcotics Board presented two detained foreigners: a Latvian caught at Ngurah Rai Airport on 22 July 2024 with 440 grams of hashish and 978 grams of marijuana, and a Swede caught in Gianyar on 31 July with 201 grams of hashish mailed from Thailand.
Arrested 2Cannabis 1.61952 kgBNN burns 2.5-hectare cannabis crop in Aceh Besar mountains
BNN Aceh officers with soldiers and police burned a 2.5-hectare cannabis crop, about three months old and ready for harvest, in the Seulawah mountains at Indrapuri, Aceh Besar on 1 June 2024. No grower was caught.
Area 2.5 haBNN destroys four hectares of cannabis in Aceh Besar, arrests one
Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency destroyed a four-hectare cannabis plantation across three sites in Aceh Besar regency, seizing about seven tons of wet plants. One suspect was arrested with 12 sacks of dried cannabis after a tip about shipments from Aceh to Lampung.
Arrested 1Area 4 haCannabis 7 tBNN burns 22,000 marijuana plants on 2 hectares in North Aceh
Joint BNN, military and police personnel burned a 2-hectare marijuana field in Teupin Rusep village, Sawang, North Aceh, on 23 January 2024, destroying about 22,000 ready-to-harvest plants that officers estimated at 10 tonnes.
Plants destroyed 22,000Area 2 haCannabis 10 tBNN burns 11,000 marijuana plants on 1.2 hectares in North Aceh
Joint BNN, military and police personnel burned a 1.2-hectare marijuana field in Blang Manyak village, Sawang, North Aceh, on 21 August 2023, destroying more than 11,000 ready-to-harvest plants officers estimated at 5 tonnes.
Plants destroyed 11,000Area 1.2 haCannabis 5 t21,100 cannabis plants burned in drone-found Aceh plantation
On 16 August 2023 Indonesia's narcotics agency burned a 4.5-hectare cannabis plantation holding about 21,100 ready-to-harvest plants in Teupin Reuseup, North Aceh, days after a joint drone survey with the national research agency located it.
Plants destroyed 21,100Area 4.5 haCannabis 20 tBNN burns 40,000 cannabis plants on 4 hectares in Sawang, North Aceh
Indonesia's narcotics agency with 140 military, police and customs personnel burned more than 40,000 cannabis plants, about 20 tons, on four hectares in Teupin Reuseup, Sawang, North Aceh, on 8 March 2023. BNN eradication deputy Roy Hardi Siahaan took part in the destruction.
Plants destroyed 40,000Area 4 haCannabis 20 t5,000 cannabis plants and 20,000 seedlings destroyed in Sawang, Aceh
A joint BNN, military and police force of 103 officers destroyed more than 5,000 cannabis plants and 20,000 seedlings across three sites in Dusun Cot Lawatu, Sawang, North Aceh, on 13 October 2021, burning the haul of about three tonnes on the spot. No arrests were reported.
Plants destroyed 5,000Area 3 haCannabis 3 t13,000 cannabis plants destroyed over two hectares in Sawang, Aceh
A joint force of the National Narcotics Agency, the military and the police destroyed more than 13,000 harvest-ready cannabis plants, equivalent to about 6.5 tonnes, over two hectares in Teupin Rusep village, Sawang, burning the haul on the spot.
Plants destroyed 13,000Area 2 haCannabis 6.5 tNine hectares of cannabis destroyed in Aceh joint operation
A 202-strong joint force of Indonesia's anti-narcotics agency, police, soldiers, customs and civil-service police destroyed nine hectares of harvest-ready cannabis in Nagan Raya and Aceh Besar at the end of June 2021. Officers burned about 20,000 plants, seized 529 kg of dried cannabis and held four suspects tied to an inter-island trafficking syndicate.
Arrested 4Plants destroyed 20,000Area 9 haCannabis 529 kgSix held as BNN seizes 240 kg of marijuana in Kramat Jati cylinders
Indonesia's anti-narcotics agency seized 240 kg of marijuana hidden in compressor and nitrogen cylinders in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta on 8 August 2019, arresting six alleged couriers. The BNN said the Aceh-supplied cannabis was run from a rented storehouse and the couriers face possible death sentences.
Arrested 6Cannabis 240 kgBNN seizes 150 kg of marijuana and arrests two in Banten
Banten narcotics officers captured two suspects with 150 kilograms of marijuana hidden in a car boot under a welded iron plate, and destroyed the packages in an incinerator at the BNN Banten office in Serang on 31 July 2019.
Arrested 2Cannabis 150 kgPolice and BNN destroy 9 hectares of cannabis in Indra Puri
Joint teams of police, soldiers and Aceh's anti-narcotics agency destroyed 9 hectares of ready-to-harvest cannabis fields in the Indra Puri mountains of Aceh Besar on 26 April 2018. No owner of the fields was reported captured.
Area 9 haBNN and Aceh police destroy 35 hectares of cannabis at Lamteuba
Indonesia’s BNN, led by chief Anang Iskandar, burned cannabis across 35 hectares at Pulo Kemukiman Lamteuba on 13 May 2013 after mapping 18 cultivation sites; tip-offs from local residents had prompted the operation and no grower was arrested.
Area 35 haBNN and Aceh police destroy 155 hectares of cannabis and arrest five farmers
Indonesia’s BNN and Aceh provincial police burned cannabis across about 155 hectares at more than ten sites after a twelve-day operation that began on 23 November 2011. Five farmers were arrested in the fields; authorities said roughly 1.5 million plants were destroyed along with drying and hash-making equipment.
Arrested 5Plants destroyed 1,500,000Area 155 haBNN-led force destroys 103 hectares of cannabis in Bireuen
A 240-strong BNN-led force destroyed 103.1 hectares of cannabis across seven districts of Bireuen between 22 November and 3 December 2007. About 15 tonnes of plants and evidence were destroyed, with seized marijuana burned at the district police headquarters on 4 December.
Area 103.1 haof it destroyed 15 tNila Rencong II finds 39.7 hectares of cannabis in Bireuen
Indonesia’s BNN and Aceh police found 39.7 hectares of cannabis fields across seven subdistricts of Bireuen during Operation Nila Rencong II from 17 to 25 May 2006, estimating 47,989 plants weighing about 14.4 tonnes; officials destroyed 1,496 plants on site.
Plants destroyed 1,496Area 39.7 haCannabis 14.376 t