Aceh police chief burns three hectares of cannabis at Lampanah
On 29 April 2026 Aceh provincial police destroyed three hectares of cannabis at Lampanah, Aceh Besar, during Operasi Antik Seulawah 2026. Officers had mapped about 20 hectares of fields in the area with an estimated 50-tonne harvest potential but burned only the Lampanah plot that day; no arrests were reported.
On Wednesday 29 April 2026 Aceh provincial police chief Marzuki Ali Basyah
led officers who uprooted and burned three hectares of cannabis at Lampanah
village, Seulimum, Aceh Besar regency, during Operasi Antik Seulawah 2026.[1][2]
ANTARA News and Tribrata News reported that the provincial narcotics directorate
had found about 20 hectares of cannabis scattered across several sites in the
Lampanah area, with a police estimate of up to 50 tonnes of potential harvest.[1][2]Marzuki said only the three-hectare Lampanah plot was destroyed that day,
with Aceh Besar district police, Indonesian army personnel, local officials and
young farmers taking part.[1][2]
Both outlets said plants were pulled and burned on site as part of Aceh police
efforts to discourage cultivation.[1][2]No arrests were reported.[1][2]
The Indonesian National Police’s English account likewise said about 20 hectares
were found and three hectares were destroyed at Lampanah on 29 April.[3]
ANTARA published a police handout photograph of the burning.[1]
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Aceh police burn cannabis at Lampanah on 29 April 2026.Photo details
Narcotics detectives had located about 20 hectares across several points; only three hectares were destroyed on 29 April and further clearing may follow.
The 50-tonne figure is a police harvest estimate for the wider find, not a weighed seizure from the three-hectare burn.
Neither account gives a plant count or names any cultivator.
Young farmers were brought in for prevention messaging; that outreach is separate from the eradication figures.
The map marks Lampanah village in Seulimum subdistrict.
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.
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.
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