Mandailing Natal police burn six hectares of cannabis on Tor Sihite hill
Mandailing Natal police destroyed six hectares of marijuana on Tor Sihite hill at Rao Rao Dolok on 25 June 2025 after drone monitoring expanded an initial one-hectare find; 140 plants were kept as evidence and no grower was present.
🇮🇩 Tor Sihite, Rao Rao Dolok, Mandailing Natal · Indonesia
Police Adjunct Chief Commissioner Arie Sofandi Paloh said Mandailing Natal officers burned six hectares
of marijuana on Tor Sihite hill at Rao Rao Dolok village, Tambangan district, on Wednesday 25 June
2025.[1]ANTARA reported that a public tip led to monitoring that first mapped one hectare before
drone footage revealed about six hectares in total.[1]
Paloh said nobody was at the remote plantation when the fields were destroyed.[1]Officers took 140
plants to Polres Madina as evidence while burning the rest on site.[1]He thanked residents for
reporting hillside cultivation and asked for continued help against drug production.[1]
ANTARA carried a Polres Madina handout photograph from the operation.[1]
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Mandailing Natal police at the Tor Sihite eradication, 25 June 2025.Photo details
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Arrested 4Charged 3Plants destroyed 150,000Area 122.9 ha
