Police in Bangka Tengah, Bangka Belitung, arrested two men on Friday night after finding cannabis hidden in a washing machine and a chicken coop.[1] The operation ran into early Saturday, 24 October 2026, and the men were identified only as A, 24, and R, 37.[2] Both were taken to Bangka Tengah police headquarters with the evidence for further investigation.[3]

The operation began at a house in Perlang village at about 22:00 on Friday 23 October.[2] There, officers found a jar and 51 small packets of suspected cannabis, with the packets hidden in a washing machine.[2] The cannabis from that house weighed about 430 grams.[1] Officers then went at about 01:00 on Saturday to R’s home in Air Mesu village.[2] A search there found 26 small packets of suspected cannabis hidden in a chicken coop behind the house.[3] That cannabis weighed about 230 grams.[1] Together the two finds came to about 660 grams, police said.[3]

Police also seized Rp400,000 in cash, two mobile phones, a motorcycle, two jars, brown paper and scissors, which they said were used for packing the drug.[3] Both suspects were charged under Articles 114(1) and 111(1) of Indonesia’s 2009 narcotics law, in combination with Article 132(1).[3] The head of the drug unit, IPTU Heri Hadi Santoso, said the case came from investigation and follow-up by his officers.[3] He said officers would keep developing the case to find other possible members of a network.[3]