BNN North Sumatra seizes 126 kg cannabis on becak route from Aceh
On 3 September 2026 BNNP Sumatera Utara arrested three men and seized 126.3 kg of cannabis after intercepting a becak load in Langkat, searching a Besitang stash house whose operator fled, and rounding up two receivers in Deli Serdang.
🇮🇩 Hinai and Besitang, Langkat; Hamparan Perak, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra · Indonesia
Acting on a tip that about 126.3 kg of cannabis would move from Gayo Lues in Aceh toward
Besitang in Langkat through forest tracks near Gunung Leuser, North Sumatra BNN officers profiled
the route and on Thursday 3 September 2026 watched for couriers.[1][2]
At about 17:52 WIB on the Trans-Sumatra highway at Kebun Lada, Hinai, officers stopped a becak
with plate BK 2888 PU; some officers had posed as becak pullers to approach the driver, ZSS, and
found nine black plastic sacks with about 19.8 kg gross of cannabis.[1][2]
A follow-up search at a house on Jalan Sei Pucuk in Pekan Besitang found five large sacks and
another bundle of cannabis, plus scales, a knife and a phone, but the man called Pak Kecik who
allegedly ran the stash had fled.[1][2]Around 20:00 WIB officers arrested two intended
recipients, S and M, at Tandem Hilir in Hamparan Perak, Deli Serdang, based on ZSS’s account.[1][2]
The agency put the total seizure at 126,300 grams and said all three detainees were held at BNNP
Sumut headquarters for further investigation.[1][2]
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The alleged warehouse operator known as Pak Kecik was not at the Besitang house when officers arrived and remained at large.
Suspects were identified only by initials (ZSS, S and M); full names and charges were not given in the sources opened.
The shipment was said to originate in Gayo Lues, Aceh, and move through forest routes near Gunung Leuser National Park, but no grow or upstream arrests were reported.
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