BNN destroys four hectares of cannabis at two Sawang sites in Aceh
On 4 October 2026 Indonesia's national narcotics agency led the destruction of cannabis on two plots in North Aceh totalling four hectares—one hectare at Aluele Modek in Teupin Rusep at 223 metres elevation and three hectares at Cot Rawatu in Jurong village at 120 metres—with photographs documenting officers uprooting and burning plants in the field.
🇮🇩 Teupin Rusep and Jurong, Sawang, Aceh Utara · Indonesia
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On Wednesday 4 October 2026 the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) led another cannabis
eradication in Aceh province, acting director of narcotics Kombes Pol. Guntur Aryo Tejo
said on the agency’s public gallery page.[1]
Officers destroyed fields at two heights in North Aceh: one hectare at 223 metres above
sea level in Aluele Modek hamlet, Teupin Rusep village, and three hectares at 120 metres
in Cot Rawatu hamlet, Jurong village, Sawang district.[1]
The published photographs show personnel in the plantation, uprooted stalks, loads being
carried through the crop and on-site burning on the same day.[1] The page does not
report arrests or name cultivators.[1]
Sources
- PEMUSNAHAN LADANG GANJA. Badan Narkotika Nasional, 4 October 2026. In Indonesian.
Open questions the AI reported
- The agency gallery lists ten photographs but only this operation is described on the page; only four distinct scenes are cited here.
- BNN did not publish a plant count or arrest total for the two sites.
- Only the national agency's DASH page was found for this event; no separate news wire account was opened.
- Teupin Rusep and Jurong are both in Sawang district; the map uses a district reference point.
