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Five arrested as police seize 9.4 kg in Instagram cannabis case

Police arrested five people and seized 9.4 kg of cannabis and some tramadol in a series of operations across Pasuruan, Brebes, Bogor and Medan between 17 and 27 August 2026. Bareskrim Polri says cannabis was sold through an Instagram account, King_Garden, and shipped with Indah Cargo in parcels disguised as textiles.

🇮🇩 Medan, North Sumatra · Indonesia

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Arrested
5
Cannabis
9.4 kg

Police arrested five people accused of selling cannabis through online transactions.[1] Narcotics director Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso of Bareskrim Polri, the National Police’s criminal investigation department, said cannabis was sold through an Instagram account called King_Garden and parcels went out with the freight firm Indah Cargo, disguised as textiles.[1] Police said the arrests took place in Pasuruan, Brebes, Bogor and Medan in a series from 17 August 2026.[2] They were named as Samik Umar Syeban (28), Saiful Rochman (28), Saiful Maulana (27), Sugito Halim (37) and Lio Yeheskiel Siburian (22).[1] Officers seized 9.4 kg of cannabis and some tramadol.[2]

The case began on 15 August 2026 with a joint operation at Bakauheni port in South Lampung.[1] There, officers checking an Indah Cargo vehicle found two cannabis parcels sent from Medan to Pasuruan and Brebes.[1] Police then followed the parcels to their recipients with the freight company’s help.[1] Samik Umar Syeban was arrested in Pasuruan on 17 August after receiving a parcel holding 2,000 g.[1] He told officers an inmate at Malang Class I prison, Saiful Rochman, had told him to collect it.[1] Saiful Rochman admitted ordering the cannabis through King_Garden for sale in Pasuruan.[1] Saiful Maulana was arrested in Brebes on 18 August with 500 g.[2]

Sugito Halim was arrested in Bogor after receiving 1,960 g.[2] Police said the cannabis was meant for sale in Serang, Banten.[2] Lio Yeheskiel Siburian was arrested on 27 August at an Indah Cargo office on Jalan Jenderal Besar AH Nasution in Medan.[2] He was sending three parcels holding 2,000 g of cannabis.[2] A search of his rented room in Padang Bulan, Medan Selayang, found 5 g of cannabis, 22 packets holding 900 g and a box with 2,000 g of cannabis stems.[2] Police said he admitted sending parcels to Pasuruan, Brebes and Bogor.[2]

Sources

  1. Polisi Bongkar Modus Jual Beli Ganja di Instagram, 5 Orang Ditangkap. Kompas.com, 28 August 2026. In Indonesian.
  2. Bareskrim Bongkar Penjualan Ganja Via IG, Modusnya Dikamuflase Tekstil. detikNews, 28 August 2026. In Indonesian.

Open questions the AI reported

  • No charges or court dates were reported, so the legal stage of the five after arrest is open.
  • Kompas.com dates Sugito Halim's arrest to 24 August and detikNews to 22 August; the text gives no date for it.
  • detikNews dates Samik Umar Syeban's arrest to Monday 27 August, while Kompas.com says 17 August; 27 August 2026 was a Thursday.
  • detikNews describes the Bakauheni find as 2 kg of cannabis; Kompas.com describes two parcels, of 2,000 g for Pasuruan and 500 g for Brebes.
  • The arrests spanned four cities; the coordinates mark Medan, where the alleged sender was arrested, not every site.

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