Mimika police destroy 147 g of cannabis; four suspects charged
Mimika district police in Timika destroyed 147.46 grams of cannabis and 158.2531 grams of methamphetamine on 30 October 2026, evidence from four cases opened between 16 September and 9 October. Four suspects were charged under Indonesia's 2009 narcotics law; police said the charges carry six to 20 years, and the cannabis case centres on YM, arrested with a package sent from Jayapura.
🇮🇩 Timika, Mimika Regency, Central Papua · Indonesia
- Arrested
- 4
- Charged
- 4
- Cannabis
- 147.46 g
- Value (official estimate)
- IDR 45,000,000
All four were charged under Indonesia’s 2009 narcotics law and the 2023 criminal
code.[1] Police said the charges carry six to 20 years in prison.[2] Police
said he was arrested after collecting a package they believed contained ganja.[3] They seized eight clear plastic bags of ganja.[1]
At a press conference at Mimika police headquarters on Jalan Agimuga on Friday
30 October 2026, police chief AKBP Alredo Agustinus Rumbiak announced the
destruction.[1] Police said they destroyed 147.46 grams of ganja (cannabis)
and 158.2531 grams of sabu (crystal methamphetamine).[2] The cannabis had
weighed 149.46 grams net, with one gram each set aside for laboratory testing
and for court.[3] The methamphetamine came from the three other cases and
weighed 163.3322 grams net.[3] Police valued the cannabis at Rp45 million and
the methamphetamine at Rp475 million.[1]
Police named two wanted men, A and M.S. alias M.[1] They said M.S., in
Jayapura, had supplied the cannabis to YM and was still under investigation.[3]
Sources
- Polres Mimika Musnahkan Barang Bukti Sabu dan Ganja, Empat Tersangka Ditangkap. Jurnal Papua, 30 October 2026. In Indonesian.
- Polres Mimika Musnahkan Ratusan Gram Sabu Dan Ganja, Empat Tersangka Terancam 20 Tahun Penjara. Salam Papua, 30 October 2026. In Indonesian.
- Polres Mimika Musnahkan Barang Bukti Narkotika, Begini Detail Perkaranya. Koreri.com, 30 October 2026. In Indonesian.
Open questions the AI reported
- Salam Papua describes four suspects in three linked cases, while Koreri and Jurnal Papua report four separate cases; this report follows the two accounts that give four arrest dates.
- Koreri dates the press conference to Thursday 29 October 2026, while Salam Papua and Jurnal Papua date it to Friday 30 October; this report uses 30 October.
- Salam Papua gives 158.2531 grams as the total methamphetamine, while Koreri and Jurnal Papua give 163.3322 grams net before set-asides; the report uses 158.2531 grams as the amount destroyed.
- No court date, plea or sentence is reported; the six to 20 years is the penalty police said the charges carry.
- The same press conference covered two suspected cannabis seedlings handed to police by the Mimika narcotics agency (BNKK) on 27 October 2026, a separate finding left out of this report.
- The reports do not say how the drugs were destroyed.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Koreri.com: Mimika district police (Polres Mimika) held four suspects in four drugs cases opened between September and October 2026.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Jurnal Papua: The fourth case is the cannabis one: police arrested YM, also known as Y, in front of the Timika post office on Jalan Yos Sudarso at about 15:30 Eastern Indonesian Time on 9 October 2026.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Jurnal Papua: They estimated the haul could have affected about 1,700 people.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Koreri.com: The first methamphetamine suspect, MRM, was arrested at a Lion Parcel courier office on Jalan Hasanuddin on 16 September 2026.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Koreri.com: M was arrested on Jalan Seriti, SP4 Jalur 7, on 22 September 2026.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Koreri.com: MA was arrested on Jalan Cenderawasih, SP3, on 6 October 2026.
