Bener Meriah October sweep nets 702g ganja, 70 plants, 11 held
Bener Meriah police said an October anti-drug sweep produced 10 cases and 11 detainees, with 702 grams of ganja seized and 70 cannabis plants found at a field in Kenine, Timang Gajah. Nine cases remained under investigation, and police appealed for public help against drug trafficking.
🇮🇩 Desa Kenine, Timang Gajah, Bener Meriah, Aceh · Indonesia
Bener Meriah district police said they uncovered 10 narcotics cases and secured
11 people during Operasi Sarang Narkoba in Bener Meriah, Aceh.[1]The 11
comprised eight adult men, one woman and two children held in the enforcement
series during the operation period.[1]Nine of the 10 cases remained under
investigation, while the remaining case was the discovery of a cannabis field in
Kenine village, Timang Gajah.[1]District police chief AKBP Ricky Nugraha
announced the results at a Polres Bener Meriah press conference accompanied by
narcotics, public-relations and internal-affairs officers.[1]
The narcotics unit seized702 grams gross of ganja, the cannabis component
recorded here, alongside 18.49 grams gross of sabu.[1]Officers also found 70
cannabis stalks at the field in Kenine village, Timang Gajah, as part of the
same operation.[1]The operation ran from 9 to 31 October 2026 in Bener
Meriah.[1]
The police chief described the disclosures as part of the police commitment to
eradicate drug distribution and use in the Bener Meriah jurisdiction and to
protect the public.[1]He urged all community elements to help police fight
illicit drug distribution and to report suspicious abuse or trafficking
activity.[1]He said narcotics eradication could not rely on police alone and
required support from all levels of society to protect young people.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
11
Plants destroyed
70
Cannabis
702 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (702 g); Living plants (70 plants)
The article gives no separate dates for the individual seizures or the field discovery within the 9 to 31 October 2026 operation window; 31 October 2026 is used as the incident date.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Indonesian; no second outlet or agency statement confirming the figures could be opened.
The 18.49 grams gross of sabu is methamphetamine, not cannabis, and is mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure and excluded from cannabis figures.
The 11 people were secured across all 10 narcotics cases; the reports give no breakdown of how many relate to the cannabis cases versus the methamphetamine cases.
Nine police reports remained under investigation with no charges, court dates or custody outcomes reported.
No area in hectares, weight for the 70 plants, or value for the cannabis was published.
The province-wide eradication accounts list a separate 0.04-hectare, 600-plant Bener Meriah component on 1 November 2026; with different figures and no village given, it is treated here as a distinct operation, and any relation to the 70-plant Kenine field is unresolved.
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