Southeast Aceh police foiled an attempt to smuggle 11.2 kilograms of cannabis to Toba regency, North Sumatra, on the night of Saturday 7 November 2026.[1][2] A joint team from the criminal-investigation, intelligence and narcotics units detained two men at Simpang Kuta Tinggi village in Badar at about 20.00.[1][3] The men were identified only as S, 31, of Pulonas village in Babussalam, and D.P., 31, of Suka Makmur village in Semadam.[1][2]

Officers acted on a community tip that two people were carrying cannabis in a white Daihatsu Terios from Leuser village in Ketambe toward Kutacane.[1][4] After monitoring, officers stopped the car at Simpang Kuta Tinggi and detained both men.[1] A search found 10 packages of cannabis with a net weight of 11.20 kilograms, kept in a white sack and wrapped in white plastic.[1][2] The men told officers the cannabis was theirs and was to be delivered to the Toba area.[1] Police also seized the white Terios, two mobile phones, one white sack and one sheet of white plastic.[1][2]

Both men and the evidence were taken to Southeast Aceh police headquarters and handed to the narcotics unit for examination and further legal proceedings.[1][2] Southeast Aceh police chief AKBP Rujiyanto Dwi Poernomo on 8 November appreciated the community’s role in the disclosure.[1] He urged residents to keep providing information about suspected narcotics activity.[1]

The joint team came from the operational unit of the criminal investigation division, the intelligence unit and the narcotics unit of the Aceh Tenggara police.[3]

Southeast Aceh police chief AKBP Rujiyanto Dwi Poernomo urged residents not to stay silent about suspicious activity linked to narcotics abuse or trafficking.[2]

Aceh Tenggara narcotics unit chief Iptu Hengki Harianto said the men admitted the 11.20 kilograms of cannabis was theirs and that it was to be taken to the Toba area of North Sumatra for distribution.[4]