Karo police remove 75 cannabis plants from protected forest and arrest four
Karo police arrested four men in Kabanjahe on 8 April 2026 and, after questioning them, found 75 cannabis plants in protected forest at Kutarayat, Naman Teran. The plants measured 35 to 150 centimetres and weighed 650 grams wet; officers also seized 47 grams of cannabis and 27 grams of cannabis powder at the rented house.
🇮🇩 Kutarayat, Naman Teran, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Karo police arrested four men at a rented house in Kabanjahe on 8 April 2026 and then followed
their statements to a cannabis-growing site in protected forest at Kutarayat, Naman Teran.[1][2]
The officers found 75 cannabis plants at the site, ranging from 35 to 150 centimetres tall and
weighing 650 grams in wet condition.[1][2]The initial house search recovered 47 grams of
cannabis, 27 grams of cannabis powder and a mobile phone.[1][2]
The four men, identified as FG, DK, EF alias I and YZ, were taken with the evidence to the Karo
police narcotics unit for further legal processing.[1][2]
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An officer escorts a detainee through a cannabis field during the Karo operation.Photo details
The 724-gram total combines the 650-gram wet plant seizure at Kutarayat with 47 grams of cannabis and 27 grams of powder found at the rented house; the police reports do not present that combined total.
The sources do not say whether the 75 plants were destroyed after being taken as evidence.
No later charging or court outcome was reported.
Both reports rely on statements from Karo police and do not add an independent witness account.
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Officers in Aceh uprooted thousands of cannabis plants to their roots and burned them on site to cut off the production source. The account gives no precise location, exact plant count, field area or suspects.
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