Police in Empat Lawang regency, South Sumatra, detained a man identified only as Z on suspicion of a cannabis offence and seized a sack of dried cannabis leaves weighing 600 grams gross.[1][2][3]

The case began at about 00:30 on Sunday 1 November 2026 at the neighbourhood watch post in Desa Seleman Ulu, Muara Pinang district.[1][2] Muara Pinang police chief AKP Dwi Sapriadi, crime unit head Aiptu Rudi Juniarko and other officers on duty were patrolling and supporting Siskamling, a community neighbourhood-watch scheme, with residents when they saw a black Yamaha NMAX motorcycle carrying two men behaving suspiciously.[1] The two men fled on foot, leaving the motorcycle, and officers and residents who searched it found the sack of cannabis plus 23 small empty clear plastic clips and a blue lighter.[1][3]

Following information from residents, narcotics detectives from Empat Lawang district police with Muara Pinang officers detained Z at a house in Desa Muara Semah, also in Muara Pinang district.[4][2][3] Police said Z admitted involvement in the case and tested positive for drugs in a urine test, and he was held with the evidence at Empat Lawang district police headquarters for further investigation.[4][3]

He was accused under article 114 paragraph 1 or article 111 paragraph 1 of the 2009 Narcotics Law, read with the 2026 criminal-law adjustment law, and investigators were still completing the case file, questioning witnesses and the suspect and coordinating with the forensic laboratory and prosecutors.[4] Empat Lawang police chief AKBP Abd Aziz Septiadi said the force would keep pressing trafficking networks and asked residents to report suspicious activity.[4]

He was detained at a hut in Desa Muara Semah, Muara Pinang district, and police also found 23 small empty plastic clips in his trouser pocket.[5] Empat Lawang police spokesperson Iptu Ariyanto said the suspect admitted involvement in the cannabis case and tested positive for drugs in a urine test, and that he and the evidence were held by the narcotics unit for further investigation.[5] The first man, Z alias TZ, 39, a resident of Desa Muara Pinang Baru, told police the motorcycle and the cannabis belonged to him and that he had fetched them from the house of his friend Z alias Gogak, the second rider who fled.[6] Police listed the evidence as the black Yamaha NMAX motorcycle, the sack of dried leaves believed to be cannabis weighing about 1 kilogram, a black T-shirt, a long-sleeved black sweater, a pair of grey sandals and 23 empty clips.[6] In that 1 November account the suspect was accused under article 114 paragraph 2 of the 2009 Narcotics Law or article 609 paragraph 2(a) of the 2023 Criminal Code, as adjusted by the 2026 sentencing law, and the second rider’s identity had been established while he remained at large.[6]

The abandoned motorcycle was a Yamaha NMAX with plate number BG-6895-SD.[3]