Five held in Langsa police week; 1.10 g of ganja seized in Aceh Timur
Langsa city police reported five drug cases and five suspects held between 31 October and 5 November 2026, with the only cannabis being 1.10 grams of ganja seized in Rantau Panjang, East Aceh, on 1 November. The accused man was described as a suspected bandar linked to a wanted list, and police also took 8.19 grams of methamphetamine from him.
🇮🇩 Gampong Rantau Panjang, Rantau Selamat, Aceh Timur, Aceh · Indonesia
The Langsa city police drug unit arrested five suspects in five narcotics cases
between 31 October and 5 November 2026, of which one case involved both
methamphetamine and ganja.[1][2]The only cannabis in the five cases was 1.10
grams of ganja, which police said was seized on 1 November 2026 from a suspected
dealer.[1][2][3]
The suspect was detained in Gampong Rantau Panjang, Rantau Selamat district,
East Aceh regency, a gampong being an Acehnese village.[1][2]Police classed the
man as a suspected bandar, or dealer, linked to a wanted list, and seized 8.19
grams of methamphetamine with the ganja.[1][2]Of the five suspects held across
the cases, police described two as bandar linked to wanted lists and three as
pengedar, or street dealers.[1][2]
The other cases involved methamphetamine, including 153.80 grams seized in a
house in Sungai Pauh Tanjung, West Langsa, on 5 November, and 9.2 grams of
etomidate, a sedative sold in vape cartridges known locally as vape getar, found
in a rice stall in Birem Puntong, Langsa Baro, on 2 November.[1][2]Langsa police
chief AKBP Hyrowo, speaking through drug unit head Iptu Sirya Iqbal on 8
November 2026, said officers would keep developing the cases to dismantle the
networks behind them.[1][2]
Police said the five cases were uncovered through Operasi Sarang Narkoba 2026 and a drugs enforcement drive they linked to the national police chief’s Quick Wins programme.[2]
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Source: Indonesiaglobal.netThe seized drugs laid out for the Langsa police announcement, captioned 'Sejumlah barang bukti narkotika yang diamankan' (a number of narcotics items secured). Photo: Edy SyarifuddinPhoto details
datariau.comdatariau.comIDDalam Sepekan, Satresnarkoba Polres Langsa Ungkap Lima Kasus Narkotika, Lima Tersangka Diamankan
Waspada.idwaspada.idIDSatresnarkoba Polres Langsa Ungkap Kasus Etomidate, 167,72 Gram Sabu Bersama 5 Tersangka Diamankan
Open questions the AI reported
Only one opened source covers this case; a second account on AJNN was found in search results but its page returned an access error and could not be read.
The ganja weight is the police's own statement, with no laboratory confirmation or breakdown of the 1.10 grams reported.
No charges, detention decisions, court dates or street value were published for the ganja case.
The incident date uses the single cannabis seizure on 1 November 2026; the roundup itself ran from 31 October to 5 November 2026 and was announced on 8 November 2026.
The page's lead image is an uncaptioned, uncredited screenshot published under the headline, and it is not established whether it shows the seized drugs or suspects.
The article names the suspects only by initials and ages; no names beyond those initials are recorded here.
Methamphetamine and etomidate quantities appear only to describe the mixed roundup and are not counted as cannabis.
The datariau and Indonesiaglobal accounts reproduce the same Langsa police statement, so they are not independent of each other or of the outlet already cited.
The datariau page gives no weight for the total methamphetamine and etomidate finds beyond the individual case figures, and those substances remain outside the cannabis count.
The datariau photograph shows seized narcotics in general and does not separately show the 1.10 grams of ganja.
Waspada.id reproduces the same Langsa police statement as the accounts already cited, so it is not independent reporting of the arrests or the ganja seizure.
Panyabungan police stopped a motorcycle on 10 November 2026 and detained a 25-year-old Agam man with 25 bales of dried cannabis. A companion was reported to have fled, and no charge has been filed.
Satresnarkoba Polres Malang arrested five suspected narcotics dealers at four locations in Malang Raya on 9 November 2026, seizing methamphetamine, three packets of ganja and thousands of pills. No charge has been reported.
Padangsidimpuan police arrested a 64-year-old pensioner and recidivist on Jalan Alboin Hutabarat on 9 November 2026 after finding 31.56 grams of ganja in a paper wrapper. Police said the suspect bought the cannabis for Rp50,000 from an unidentified seller, and seized his motorcycle.
Medang Deras police arrested a 44-year-old man at a shop in Sei Buah Keras village, Batu Bara, on 9 November 2026 after a public tip. Officers found 40 packs of ready-to-distribute cannabis leaf and Rp50,000 in his pocket; he admitted the drugs were his to resell.
