18 hectares of cannabis burned in North Aceh, four farmers held
On 27 October 2026 Aceh's provincial narcotics agency and police destroyed about 18 hectares of cannabis at Teupin Reusep, North Aceh, after a joint sweep involving roughly 90 personnel. Four suspected growers were handed to Lhokseumawe district police; plants were uprooted and burned on site.
🇮🇩 Alue Garut and Cot Mancang, Teupin Reusep, Sawang, Aceh Utara · Indonesia
- Arrested
- 4
- Hectares
- 18
On Tuesday 27 October 2026 Indonesia’s Aceh provincial narcotics agency (BNNP Aceh), Aceh
provincial police, Brimob mobile brigade and Lhokseumawe district police destroyed about
18 hectares of cannabis in Alue Garut and Cot Mancang hamlets, Teupin Reusep village, Sawang
district, North Aceh regency.[1][2][3]
ANTARA News and detikSumut reported that roughly 90 officers took part and that plants between
about one and two metres tall were uprooted and burned on site.[1][2] BNNP Aceh head Dedy
Tabrani said four suspected growers were handed to Lhokseumawe police for further investigation.[1][2]
Both outlets published BNNP photographs of the eradication.[1][2]
The operation ran over two days, on 27 and 28 October 2026, and targeted two sites.[4] The four detained men were identified by the initials MW, HM, SF and WD.[4][3]
Aceh police spokesman Joko Krisdiyanto said officers walked about five kilometres before reaching the plots.[3]
Sources
- BNNP Aceh dan tim gabungan ungkap temuan ladang ganja 18 hektare. ANTARA News, 28 October 2026. In Indonesian.
- BNN Aceh Musnahkan Ladang Ganja 18 Hektare di Aceh Utara, 4 Orang Ditangkap. detikSumut, 28 October 2026. In Indonesian.
- Polda Aceh Bongkar Ladang Ganja Seluas 18 Hektare. Lensa Hukum, 30 October 2026. In Indonesian.
- Aparat Gabungan Bongkar Ladang Ganja 18 Hektare di Aceh Utara, Empat Orang Ditangkap. Okezone.com, 30 October 2026. In Indonesian.
Open questions the AI reported
- ANTARA and Detik give plant counts only as height and spacing, not a total number of stalks destroyed.
- Detik published on 28 October but describes destruction on Wednesday 28 in one line and Tuesday 27 in others; field work is dated to 27 October.
- The November 2025 BNN raid on a smaller plot near Teupin Rusep is a separate event.
- The map uses Teupin Reusep village; the fields were in Alue Garut and Cot Mancang hamlets at about 207 metres elevation.
- Four suspects were transferred to Lhokseumawe police; full names were not published in these outlets.
- Okezone quotes Aceh police spokesman Joko Krisdiyanto saying the plants were uprooted and secured to be destroyed later, while the report says they were burned on site.
- Okezone's lead image is credited only as a screenshot (tangkapan layar), so the photographer is not named.
- No charges, court date or outcome for the four detainees was reported.
