10 kg of marijuana from Papua New Guinea seized at Holtekamp
Papua Police foiled a 10 kg marijuana smuggling attempt from Papua New Guinea near Holtekamp, Jayapura City, on 9 October 2026, finding the drugs in rice sacks abandoned during an inspection. The couriers escaped; police say the drugs came through illegal cross-border paths.
🇮🇩 Holtekamp, Jayapura City, Papua · Indonesia
- Cannabis
- 10 kg
Papua Police foiled an attempt to smuggle 10 kilograms of drugs from Papua New Guinea near
the Holtekamp area of Jayapura City on Friday 9 October.[1]
Director for Drug Crimes Investigation in Papua Police, Senior Commissioner Alfian, said
officers found the drugs abandoned during an inspection in Holtekamp: suspicious individuals
were spotted near the spot where marijuana in rice sacks was later found, but they escaped
when officers approached.[1]
The drugs were smuggled through illegal pathways along the Indonesia–Papua New Guinea
border, Alfian said on Saturday.[1]
Sources
- Papua Police foils 10-kg drug smuggling attempt from Papua New Guinea. Antara, 10 October 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- No arrests were made; the suspects fled and were not identified.
- No second outlet account was found; every fact above comes from the Antara report.