Nine held as Lhokseumawe police report 43 hectares of cannabis fields
Lhokseumawe police presented nine detainees and about 40.3 kilograms of dried cannabis on 5 November 2026 after a month of narcotics cases. The same disclosure covered about 43 hectares of cannabis fields found in Sawang, North Aceh, where three men were held after the 27 October find near Teupin Rusep.
🇮🇩 Mapolres Lhokseumawe, Lhokseumawe, Aceh · Indonesia
Lhokseumawe police presented nine detainees and about 40.3 kilograms of dried
cannabis at a press conference at the Lhokseumawe police headquarters on 5
November 2026.[1][2][3][4][5]The nine detainees were eight men and one woman, held over
narcotics cases spread across Banda Sakti, Muara Dua and Sawang district.[1][3][6]
Two ganja cases accounted for 40,312.128 grams of dried cannabis, the only
cannabis weight the press conference reported.[1][2][3][5]On 27 October 2026 officers
found a cannabis field of 18 hectares in Desa Teupin Rusep, Sawang, North Aceh,
and detained three suspects who were still being questioned about their
involvement.[1][3][5][6]Between 30 and 31 October 2026 officers found three more
cannabis sites at Dusun Alue Garot, Dusun Alue Ie Mudek and Desa Teupin Rusep in
Sawang with a combined area of about 25 hectares.[1][2][3][5][6]No one had been
identified for the three late-October sites, which police said were still under
investigation.[1][3]RRI put the cannabis fields found in the series of
disclosures at about 43 hectares in total.[7][3]RRI reported that the 27 October
find at Teupin Rusep was accompanied by 282 grams of cannabis seeds and 29 grams
of dried cannabis seized at the site.[7]RRI said the two ganja cases involved
four suspects and that the 27 October Teupin Rusep site yielded three men
identified only by initials.[7]
Police applied Articles 111, 112, 114, 117 and 119 of Narcotics Law Number 35 of
2009 to the suspects, with penalties depending on each person’s charge and role.[7]The Lhokseumawe police chief, AKBP Ahzan, said the crackdown showed police
would give no room to people damaging the younger generation through drugs.[1][3]
The three suspects held after the 27 October find in Desa Teupin Rusep, Sawang, were still being questioned about their involvement.[2]
Police said the six cases had been disclosed over the period from 9 October to 4 November 2026.[5][6]
Photos and video
Lhokseumawe police chief AKBP Ahzan, deputy chief Kompol Iswahyudi and narcotics unit head IPTU Arizal showing the seized narcotics at the 5 November 2026 press conference in Mapolres Lhokseumawe; no credit given.Photo details
DIALEKSISdialeksis.comIDPolres Lhokseumawe Bongkar 6 Kasus Narkoba, Sita 40 Kg Ganja, 216 Gram Sabu dan 41 Vape
RRI.co.idrri.co.idIDPolres Lhokseumawe Ungkap Enam Kasus Narkoba, Temukan Ladang Ganja 43 Hektare
Open questions the AI reported
RRI and earlier reporting list four people detained in the 27 October Sawang phase with one later released, while this press conference says only three suspects were held there.
The 43-hectare total is a police-briefing figure that adds the 27 October 18 hectares, already recorded in the campaign report, to the 30-31 October 25 hectares; it is not a new area of destruction.
Neither account says whether the Sawang fields were destroyed or only measured during these disclosures.
No plant count, weight or street value was published for the fields, and no court outcome beyond detention and questioning was reported.
The new account gives the village only as Desa Teupin Rusep and does not say whether the Sawang fields were destroyed or only measured in these disclosures.
The same article reports three methamphetamine cases and a vape case, which are separate events left out of this cannabis record.
The six cases, including three methamphetamine cases and one vape case, are not broken down by disclosure date within the 9 October to 4 November 2026 window.
Other outlets and BNNP Aceh reporting give four men held after the 27 October Teupin Rusep operation and describe it as an eradication with plants burned, while this account gives three suspects and does not say whether the fields were destroyed or only measured.
The 41 vapes are described only as suspected to contain narcotic substances, so they are not counted as a cannabis product.
Three methamphetamine cases (216.18 grams) and the vape case in this disclosure are separate events left out of this cannabis record.
Jayapura prosecutors destroyed evidence from 41 final criminal cases on 10 November 2026, including 21 cannabis cases. The destroyed cannabis weighed 0.21 grams, alongside sabu and other criminal evidence.
Kejari Banda Aceh destroyed evidence from 69 general criminal cases with final court judgments in Banda Aceh on 10 November 2026, including 13.27 grams of ganja. The exercise also covered methamphetamine and other contraband, witnessed by local officials and the Sharia Court deputy chair.
Kejari Humbang Hasundutan destroyed evidence from 10 general criminal cases with final court judgments in Doloksanggul on 10 November 2026, including 16.44 grams net of dried ganja. The exercise also covered methamphetamine and tools such as machetes and a bong, and was witnessed by police, military, court and religious representatives.
Kejari Salatiga destroyed evidence from 33 criminal cases with final court judgments at a state vocational school in Salatiga on 10 November 2026, including 587.16 grams of ganja, as thousands of students watched. The same exercise covered methamphetamine, gorilla tobacco, 1,193 illegal pills, phones and firecracker explosives.
