Police seize hundreds of harvested cannabis plants in Sibolangit forest
Acting on a tip from two hunters, police found hundreds of harvested cannabis plants in forest at Dusun II Sarang Kulit, Sibolangit, and dried leaves and seeds in a nearby hut. No one was at the site; police said they were still looking for the owner.
🇮🇩 Dusun II Sarang Kulit, Desa Ketangkuhen, Sibolangit, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra · Indonesia
Police found hundreds of harvested cannabis plants, known locally as ganja, on a
plot in forest at Dusun II Sarang Kulit, Desa Ketangkuhen, Sibolangit, Deli
Serdang, North Sumatra, on Tuesday 8 September 2026.[1] The harvested plants
were still standing on the plot when two residents hunting in the forest saw
them.[1] They reported the find to village head Jois Bangun.[1] He passed
the information to the Pancurbatu police chief.[1] A team from the Pancurbatu
police precinct led by precinct chief Kompol Junaidi, with criminal
investigation operations officer Ipda Elman and the intelligence unit, carried
out the operation.[1] The officers walked more than an hour through steep
terrain and forest to reach the site.[1]
Near the plot the officers found a bamboo hut with a tarpaulin roof.[1] The
hut was empty and officers found no one there, Junaidi said.[1] Inside, police
found dried cannabis leaves kept in buckets and sacks.[1] They also found
cannabis seeds that police believed would be used for replanting.[1] Junaidi
said police were still investigating who owned and managed the plot.[1]
Sources
- Ratusan Batang Ganja Ditemukan dalam Hutan Sibolangit, Daunnya Dikeringkan di Gubuk. Pewarta.co, 8 September 2026. In Indonesian.
Open questions the AI reported
- No exact number of plants, weight of leaves or size of the plot was published; the reports say only 'ratusan' (hundreds), so no plant, kilogram or hectare figure is recorded.
- Harian SIB described 'sejumlah batang' (a number of plants) rather than hundreds; the higher figure comes from Pewarta.co and Medanposonline.
- No suspect was named or arrested at the site, and no later arrest has been reported; police said they were still investigating the owner and manager.
- The village appears as Ketangkuhan in Pewarta.co and Ketangkuhen in Harian SIB and on Wikipedia; both spellings refer to the same village.
- The text gives a number of plants ("2026. The harvested plants") but the figures have no plants_destroyed; check whether it belongs there.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Medanposonline: The stems, leaves and seeds were taken to the Pancurbatu police station.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Harian SIB: The operation was carried out jointly with Koramil 03 Sibolangit, the local army sub-district command, and officials from Desa Ketangkuhen.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Harian SIB: The team gathered at the village office at 8 am.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Harian SIB: It moved towards the plot around midday.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Harian SIB: It reached the site about 1:30 pm.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Harian SIB: The clearing finished about 6 pm.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Harian SIB: Junaidi said the operation showed cooperation between the army, police, village government and residents in preventing and fighting drug abuse.