BNN stops Aceh–Medan truck convoy with 200 kg of cannabis in Langkat
On 3 February 2026 BNN officers arrested three men on the Aceh–Medan highway at Besitang, Langkat, and seized about 200 kg of dried cannabis from a Toyota Hilux escorted by a Toyota Innova. The agency said the load came from Gayo Lues, Aceh, and was bound for distribution beyond North Sumatra, including Java.
🇮🇩 Bukit Selamat, Besitang, Langkat, North Sumatra · Indonesia
In early 2026 BNN said it broke an interprovincial cannabis route moving drugs from Gayo Lues
in Aceh toward Medan and wider Indonesia.[1][2][3]On Tuesday 3 February 2026, about 12:00
WIB, officers stopped a Toyota Hilux and an escort Toyota Innova on the trans highway at
Bukit Selamat, Besitang, Langkat, and found eight sacks with 148 taped plastic packages
weighing about 200 kg of dried cannabis in the Hilux.[2][3]
Acting deputy for eradication Roy Hardi Siahaan told journalists on 5 February that the
driver, identified as AS, hauled the cannabis while YH and DJS rode in the escort car to
watch the route.[1][2]Strategi News named the men held as Deffardo Julianto Sigiro, 28,
Yogi Hasibuan, 23, and Aditya Sembiring, 30.[3]BNN said the shipment was intended for
several provinces, including areas on Java, and put its estimated value at 1.5 billion
rupiah.[1][2]
The agency said the three suspects face Indonesia’s 2009 Narcotics Law, with possible life
imprisonment or the death penalty.[1]This report covers only the 200 kg cannabis
interception, not a separate 160 kg methamphetamine case BNN described the same day.[1][2]
Photos and video
BNN enforcement briefing in Jakarta on 5 February 2026, including the Langkat cannabis case.Photo details
Antara’s 5 February briefing used the initials AS, YH and DJS; Strategi News named Deffardo Julianto Sigiro, Yogi Hasibuan and Aditya Sembiring without saying explicitly that these are the same three people.
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