Aceh Tengah police detain 22 and seize 23.66 kg of ganja in two-month sweep
Police in Aceh Tengah regency, Aceh, detained 22 people in 13 narcotics cases reported for September and October 2026 and seized 23,662.8 grams (23.66 kg) of ganja in three cannabis cases, the regency police chief said. The other cases involved methamphetamine and ecstasy.
🇮🇩 Takengon, Aceh Tengah Regency, Aceh · Indonesia
- Arrested
- 22
- Cannabis
- 23.6628 kg
Police in Aceh Tengah regency, Aceh, detained 22 people in 13 narcotics cases
reported over September and October 2026.[1] Officers seized 23,662.8 grams
(23.66 kg) of ganja in three cannabis cases.[1] The 13 cases also included
nine methamphetamine cases and one ecstasy case, with 18.6 grams of
methamphetamine and 28 ecstasy pills weighing 12.95 grams seized.[1] Of the 22
suspects, 19 were men and three were women; police classed seven as users, nine
as dealers and six as intermediaries (perantara).[2]
Aceh Tengah police chief AKBP Teguh Siswoyo announced the results at a press
conference at the regency police headquarters in Takengon on Saturday 31 October
2026.[1] He said most of the dealers came from outside the regency, naming
Medan, Bireuen and Lhokseumawe.[2] The cases reached into Bener Meriah, North
Aceh, Lhokseumawe and North Sumatra.[1]
Teguh said police were still investigating to trace the suppliers and the
networks bringing narcotics into Aceh Tengah.[3] He asked residents to report
suspected drug activity, saying police could not work alone.[3]
Sources
- Dua Bulan Terakhir, Polres Aceh Tengah Berhasil Bongkar 13 Kasus Narkotika dan Amankan 22 Tersangka. Media Aceh, 1 November 2026. In Indonesian.
- 22 Tersangka Kasus Narkotika Dibekuk Polres Aceh Tengah, Termasuk Pengedar Ekstasi. LintasGayo.co, 31 October 2026. In Indonesian.
- Dua Bulan, Polres Aceh Tengah Bongkar 13 Kasus Narkoba, 22 Terduga Pelaku Diciduk. Investigasi.news, 1 November 2026. In Indonesian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The individual operations are not dated; 31 October 2026 is the date of the police press conference that announced the two-month results.
- Media Aceh dates the period to September–October 2026, while LintasGayo says October–November 2026; the report follows Media Aceh.
- Media Aceh reports 28 ecstasy pills weighing 12.95 grams, while LintasGayo reports 25 pills weighing 13.95 grams.
- No breakdown of the 23.66 kg of ganja across the three cannabis cases, and no number of plants or area, was published.
- No charges, court dates or custody status for the 22 suspects were reported.
- The accounts appear to rest on the same police press conference; no independent count was published.
- No photograph of the seized ganja was published; the only image on the Media Aceh page is a portrait of the police chief.
