Tanah Karo drug investigators arrested Adil Abdulah Meliala and Sudi Barus, both residents of Seberaya village in Tigapanah district.[1] The two men were detained at different times.[1] The arrests led officers to two cannabis fields in Seberaya village, Tigapanah district, Karo Regency.[1] A second account gives their ages as 51 and 52.[2] Checks found both men had lately been living on Jalan Bakti Luhur in Medan.[2]

Police said the two fields together held 492 cannabis plants of different sizes and growth stages.[1] At suspect AM’s site officers recorded 313 harvest-ready plants, 21 harvested stumps and 136 sown seedlings.[1] A second account describes about 500 ready-to-harvest plants of various sizes secured from the location.[2] The Karo police chief said a search and uprooting at two locations seized varied-size plants and two suspected owners were secured.[2] Officers also recovered dried cannabis and two small meth packets from the suspects.[2]

Police said the case developed from community information and residents had already suspected the men.[2] Investigators said each harvest was bartered for meth outside Karo Regency.[2] Police took both suspects and the evidence to Tanah Karo police for further investigation.[2] The uncovering and arrests occurred at Seberaya on Thursday 6 January.[2]