Aceh 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 and said the cleared land would be converted to productive use.
🇮🇩 Aceh Besar, Pidie, Lhokseumawe, Aceh Timur, Bener Meriah and Nagan Raya, Aceh · Indonesia
- Plants destroyed
- 157,290
- Hectares
- 104.9
- Cannabis
- 78.645 t
A joint team of Aceh provincial police, Polda Aceh, and the Aceh provincial
National Narcotics Agency, BNNP Aceh, destroyed fields of ganja, the Indonesian
term for cannabis, in six districts of Aceh.[1][2] The destruction ran over two
days, 31 October and 1 November 2026.[1][2] The fields lay in the police
jurisdictions of Aceh Besar, Pidie, Lhokseumawe, Aceh Timur, Bener Meriah and
Nagan Raya.[3][2]
Police said the cleared fields covered 104.86 hectares in total.[4][2] Officers
uprooted and destroyed 157,290 cannabis plants.[3][2] Police estimated the weight
of the destroyed plants at 78.645 tonnes.[3][2] Public relations chief Kombes
Pol. Joko Krisdiyanto gave the figures on behalf of the force’s narcotics
director, Kombes Pol. Gazali Ahmad.[3] He gave the statement on Monday 2
November 2026.[1]
Joko said the operation was part of the national police chief’s priority
programme, Polisi Bersama Masyarakat, through Quick Wins 2, which includes
restoring areas used for drug crops.[3]
Sources
- Polisi Musnahkan 104 Hektare Ladang Ganja di 6 Kabupaten di Aceh. detikSumut, 2 November 2026. In Indonesian.
- Fantastis, 157 Ribu Batang Ganja Dimusnahkan dari 104 Hektare Ladang di Aceh. Komparatif.ID, 1 November 2026. In Indonesian.
- Polda Aceh Bongkar Ladang Ganja 104,86 Hektare, 157 Ribu Batang Dimusnahkan. Sinata.id, 1 November 2026. In Indonesian.
- Polda Aceh Musnahkan 104,86 Hektare Ladang Ganja di Enam Kabupaten. Habapublik.com, 1 November 2026. In Indonesian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports name no owner, grower or suspect, and no arrests were announced; no court follow-up is known.
- No breakdown of area, plants or weight by district was published.
- Sinata quotes Joko's statement as made on Sunday 1 November 2026, while Detik dates the statement to Monday 2 November 2026.
- The 78.645 tonnes is the police estimate for the uprooted plants as a whole; the reports give no weight of dried cannabis.
- The sources do not say whether the 104.86-hectare total includes the 20 hectares that police and BNN reported destroying in Beutong district, Nagan Raya, on the same weekend.
- Sinata, Habapublik and Detik all carry the same police statement, and no independent reporting of the operation was found.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Sinata.id: He said the former cannabis land should be converted into productive land that benefits local people.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Sinata.id: He said the destruction showed the commitment of Polda Aceh and BNNP Aceh to protecting the public, especially young people, from drug abuse.
