Police destroy 29 hectares of cannabis fields in Aceh Besar
Aceh Besar police found 29 hectares of cannabis plantations at five spots in the Glee Dua hills in Seulimeum district and burned most of the plants on 24 May 2015. Some fields were ready for harvest, but no grower or land owner was found at the sites.
🇮🇩 Meurah Kemukiman Lamteuba, Seulimeum, Aceh Besar, Aceh · Indonesia
Banda Aceh Police found 29 hectares of cannabis plantations at five spots in
Aceh Besar and destroyed most of the plants.[1]Aceh Besar Police chief Heru
Novianto said the plants were burned on Sunday, 24 May 2015, by 87 police
personnel and local residents.[1]
The fields lay on the slopes of the Glee Dua mountainous area at Meurah
Kemukiman Lemteuba village in Seulimeum district, Aceh Besar.[1]Police were
stationed in the plantations a few days before the destruction began.[1]
Some fields were ready for harvest, while others had just been planted or
already harvested.[1]No resident or land owner was found at the locations.[1]Police found the fields after reports from local residents, and Heru said
they were the largest found in the regency that year.[1]
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A policeman carries cannabis plants taken from the fields in Lamteuba village, Aceh Besar, on 24 May 2015. Photo: ANTARA/AmpelsaPhoto details
Only one source, Tempo's English edition, could be opened; an Indonesian Tempo article on the same operation returned an access error and the agency's own statement was not found.
No plant count, weight or value of the cannabis was published.
The report does not say whether every field was burned or what share of the 29 hectares was cleared, and police said only that most of the plants were destroyed.
No suspects, land owners or charges were reported, and no court outcome is known.
The English page gives the village as Meurah Kamukiman Lemteuba; the district centre of Seulimeum is used for coordinates.
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