Nila Rencong II finds 39.7 hectares of cannabis in Bireuen
Indonesia’s BNN and Aceh police found 39.7 hectares of cannabis fields across seven subdistricts of Bireuen during Operation Nila Rencong II from 17 to 25 May 2006, estimating 47,989 plants weighing about 14.4 tonnes; officials destroyed 1,496 plants on site.
Nearly 200 police and National Narcotics Agency (BNN) personnel spent just over a week on Operation
Nila Rencong II in Bireuen regency, Aceh, from 17 to 25 May 2006.[1]BNN acting chief Made
Mangku Pastika told reporters in Banda Aceh that the sweep found about 39.7 hectares of cannabis
spread across seven subdistricts, including 15 hectares at Alue Limeung in Jeumpa and 10.5 hectares
at Panton Bili in Pandrah.[1]
Estimates on the ground
Pastika said the teams estimated roughly 47,989 cannabis plants with a combined weight of about
14,376 kilograms, and that 1,496 plants were destroyed at the scene.[1]He said the operation
aimed to break cannabis trafficking networks under Indonesia’s P4GN drug-control framework.[1]
A Tempo photo caption dated 25 May 2006 shows operation commander Badarul Zaman and Pastika
inspecting a cannabis field at Paya Nie in Bireuen during the same deployment.[2]The caption
does not add further acreage or arrest figures beyond the Antara briefing.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
BNN acting head Made Mangku Pastika said only 1,496 of the estimated 47,989 plants were destroyed on site; the opened reports do not say when or whether the rest were cleared.
The 14,376 kilogram figure is an official estimate for plants found, not a weighed seizure after eradication.
Pastika said the operation would continue in Aceh Besar; that follow-on phase is a separate deployment left out here.
Indonesia's narcotics agency destroyed more than four tons of ready-to-harvest cannabis on 2.5 hectares in the mountains of Desa Pulo Lamteba, Aceh Besar. Officers uprooted and burned the plants on site after a week-long investigation; no owner was found.
Officers in Aceh uprooted thousands of cannabis plants to their roots and burned them on site to cut off the production source. The account gives no precise location, exact plant count, field area or suspects.
A joint Bareskrim, BNN and Lhokseumawe police team destroyed about 18 hectares of harvest-ready cannabis at Alue Garut, Teupin Ruseb, Sawang on 2 November 2026 by burning the plants. Three suspected field owners aged 32 to 42, identified only by initials, were arrested.
A joint Polri-BNN operation destroyed 122.86 hectares of cannabis fields across North Sumatra and Aceh between 27 October and 2 November 2026. Four people were detained in North Aceh, with three named as suspects facing up to 20 years' imprisonment.
Arrested 4Charged 3Plants destroyed 150,000Area 122.9 ha
