189 hectares of cannabis destroyed in Aceh's Bersinar Rencong operation
Indonesian police, soldiers and narcotics officers destroyed 189.5 hectares of cannabis fields at 23 sites across Aceh on 1 April 2016 in Operation Bersinar Rencong, attended by national police chief Badrodin Haiti. Officers burned the plants on site, including 13 hectares at Teupin Rusep in North Aceh.
🇮🇩 Lamteuba hills, Aceh Besar and Sawang, North Aceh · Indonesia
Members of the Indonesian national police, the armed forces and the Aceh narcotics agency burned cannabis plants in the hills of Lamteuba village, Seulimeum district, Aceh Besar, on Friday 1 April.[1]National police chief General Badrodin Haiti attended as Operation Bersinar Rencong 2016 of the Aceh police destroyed 189.5 hectares of fields spread across 23 sites in Aceh.[1]
In a parallel action under the same operation, Lhokseumawe police officers destroyed 13 hectares of cannabis by burning in Teupin Rusep village, Sawang district, North Aceh, on the same day.[2]The operation aimed to suppress cannabis circulation from Aceh across the archipelago.[2]
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Source: ANTARA FotoA Lhokseumawe police officer destroys cannabis plants by burning in Teupin Rusep village, Sawang, North Aceh.Photo details
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.
Officers in Aceh uprooted thousands of cannabis plants to their roots and burned them on site to cut off the production source. The account gives no precise location, exact plant count, field area or suspects.
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.
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