A joint enforcement team found three cannabis plots in Teupin Rusep village, Sawang, North Aceh, on 18 June 2026.[1][2][3] Aceh Bisnis reported that the plots covered about two hectares and held approximately 3,000 plants; officers uprooted and destroyed the plants at the site.[3] ANTARA also reported that police and military personnel burned two hectares of cannabis fields in the village.[1][2]

ANTARA said police arrested two alleged field owners, identified as IL and MH.[1][2] Aceh Bisnis described the men as suspects already arrested in an earlier case involving an alleged two-kilogram dried-cannabis transaction, with the field search following further investigation.[3] The two reports therefore describe the timing of the arrests differently.[1][3]

Aceh Bisnis estimated the plants could yield about 45 kilograms of dried cannabis, a projection rather than a recovered quantity.[3] It said the eradication operation ran from 10:00 to 16:00 local time and involved customs, police, the military and the local narcotics agency.[3]