Indonesia's narcotics agency with 140 military, police and customs personnel burned more than 40,000 cannabis plants, about 20 tons, on four hectares in Teupin Reuseup, Sawang, North Aceh, on 8 March 2023. BNN eradication deputy Roy Hardi Siahaan took part in the destruction.
🇮🇩 Teupin Reuseup, Sawang, North Aceh, Aceh · Indonesia
Officers of Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN) destroyed a four-hectare cannabis field in Teupin Reuseup village, Sawang district, North Aceh, on Wednesday 8 March 2023.[1][2]
The field held more than 40,000 stems, about 20 tons of cannabis, which the officers uprooted and burned on the spot.[1][2] The operation brought together 140 combined personnel of the military, police and customs, and BNN’s deputy for eradication, Brigadier General Roy Hardi Siahaan, joined the destruction.[1]
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