Dairi farmer arrested after three cannabis plants found in maize field
Unit Intel Kodim 0206/Dairi detained a 33-year-old farmer on 24 April 2026 after a community report led officers to three cannabis plants hidden in his maize field at Bangun, Parbuluan. The plants were about 1.5 metres tall; police handed the suspect and evidence to the Dairi narcotics unit.
🇮🇩 Bangun, Parbuluan, Dairi, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Unit Intel Kodim 0206/Dairi detained a 33-year-old man identified as SRC in the early hours of
Friday 24 April 2026 after a community report about cannabis plants in his maize field.[1]
During a morning field inspection with Dairi narcotics officers and village officials, the team
found three cannabis plants about 1.5 metres tall hidden among the maize.[1]A later Polres
Dairi summary also listed three cannabis plants at Desa Bangun Induk among its January–April
cultivation cases.[2]
The authorities handed SRC and the evidence to the Dairi narcotics unit for further proceedings.[1]MedanBisnisDaily published a photograph of him holding the plants at the police station.[1]
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Dairi suspect SRC holds the cannabis plants at the Dairi police backdrop.Photo details
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.
Arrested 4Charged 3Plants destroyed 150,000Area 122.9 ha
