Three arrested after police find two cannabis plants in Kerapuh
Serdang Bedagai police arrested three men and uprooted two approximately two-metre cannabis plants from behind a house in Kerapuh, Dolok Masihul, North Sumatra, on 6 January 2026. The suspects and plants were taken for investigation under Indonesia's narcotics law.
🇮🇩 Kerapuh, Dolok Masihul, Serdang Bedagai, North Sumatra · Indonesia
On 6 January 2026, Serdang Bedagai police went to a house in Dusun II, Kerapuh, after receiving information about cannabis cultivation and found two approximately two-metre plants behind the house.[1][2]
Police arrested three men, identified in the reports by their initials, and took them and the plants to Dolok Masihul police for further examination under Indonesia’s narcotics law.[1][2]
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Police display cannabis plants during the Kerapuh casePhoto details
The opened accounts identify the plants as suspected cannabis pending examination; this report follows that wording in the summary while recording the police action as an eradication event. [@1,2]
No later court outcome was identified in the opened accounts. [@1,2]
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