17,000 cannabis plants destroyed at nine fields in North Aceh hills
On 13 August 2026 a joint team from Lhokseumawe police, the national narcotics agency and customs found nine cannabis plots totalling about four hectares on hills at Teupin Reusep, North Aceh, uprooted about 17,000 plants and burned them on site. Two suspected owners were listed as wanted; neither was caught.
🇮🇩 Teupin Reusep, Sawang, Aceh Utara · Indonesia
- Plants destroyed
- 17,000
- Hectares
- 4
On Thursday 13 August 2026 a joint team found nine cannabis plots covering about four
hectares on the hills of Teupin Reusep village, Sawang district, North Aceh, and
destroyed about 17,000 plants on site.[1][2]
ANTARA said Lhokseumawe police, the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and customs took
part, put two suspected plantation owners on the wanted list and did not arrest anyone
at the scene.[1] Indonesia’s customs service in Aceh said the operation followed
surveillance by Lhokseumawa police narcotics detectives, that plants ranged from seedlings
to crops about two months old nearing harvest, and that two people suspected of planting
and managing the fields were absent and still being pursued.[2]
Photographs from the day show officers carrying uprooted plants, moving through a hillside
plantation and burning cannabis at Teupin Reusep.[1]
The same village saw larger BNN-led eradications later in 2026; this report covers only
the 13 August joint operation.[1][2]
Sources
- Petugas gabungan temukan 9 titik ladang ganja di Aceh Utara. ANTARA, 13 August 2026. In Indonesian.
- Bea Cukai Lhokseumawe Perkuat Sinergi, Turut Musnahkan Ladang Ganja di Sawang. Bea Cukai Aceh, 14 August 2026. In Indonesian.
Open questions the AI reported
- Bea Cukai Aceh describes plants from seedlings to near-harvest age but does not give a total plant count; ANTARA reports about 17,000 plants destroyed.
- The customs report says plots were spread across several hamlets including Alue Ie Mudek; ANTARA names the village as Teupin Reusep without breaking out each plot.
- The two suspected owners are not named in the sources opened here.
- The map marks Sawang district; the hills around Teupin Reusep were not geolocated to a single point.
