Berastagi police seize 14 cannabis plants and detain a 65-year-old
Berastagi police detained a 65-year-old man after finding 14 cannabis plants in a field at Rumah Berastagi, Karo, on 27 May 2026. Officers also found a cigarette box with dried cannabis, and the suspect said the plants were his.
🇮🇩 Jalan Ujung Aji Gang Sampang Rukur, Rumah Berastagi, Berastagi, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Berastagi police carried out a cannabis-cultivation operation at about 09:35 on Wednesday 27 May
2026 at a field on Jalan Ujung Aji Gang Sampang Rukur in Rumah Berastagi, Karo.[1]
Officers found 14 cannabis plants and detained DPS, a 65-year-old man from Gundaling I, who was at
the field.[1]A search also found a cigarette box containing dried cannabis, and the police account
says DPS admitted that the plants belonged to him.[1]
Police took the detainee and all the evidence to the Karo police narcotics unit for further
investigation.[1]The opened account does not say that the plants were destroyed.[1]
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Police and others display cannabis plants recovered in the Berastagi case.Photo details
The source says the plants and dried cannabis were taken to the Karo narcotics unit but does not report that the plants were destroyed or give the dry cannabis weight.
Only one opened account was found.
No later charge, court or sentencing outcome was reported.
Indonesia's narcotics agency destroyed more than four tons of ready-to-harvest cannabis on 2.5 hectares in the mountains of Desa Pulo Lamteba, Aceh Besar. Officers uprooted and burned the plants on site after a week-long investigation; no owner was found.
Officers in Aceh uprooted thousands of cannabis plants to their roots and burned them on site to cut off the production source. The account gives no precise location, exact plant count, field area or suspects.
A joint Bareskrim, BNN and Lhokseumawe police team destroyed about 18 hectares of harvest-ready cannabis at Alue Garut, Teupin Ruseb, Sawang on 2 November 2026 by burning the plants. Three suspected field owners aged 32 to 42, identified only by initials, were arrested.
A joint Polri-BNN operation destroyed 122.86 hectares of cannabis fields across North Sumatra and Aceh between 27 October and 2 November 2026. Four people were detained in North Aceh, with three named as suspects facing up to 20 years' imprisonment.
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