Padangsidimpuan police arrested a 64-year-old pensioner and recidivist with the initials AHL on Monday night, 9 November 2026.[1][2] The arrest occurred around 23:00 on Jalan Alboin Hutabarat in Sidakkal, South Padangsidimpuan, as the suspect rode a black Honda Beat motorcycle.[1][2] Officers from the district narcotics investigation unit stopped and searched him following public reports of drug transactions in the neighbourhood.[1][2] The report of suspected drug dealing had come in about half an hour earlier, at around 22:30.[2]
During the search, officers recovered a brown paper wrapper holding suspected cannabis with a gross weight of 31.56 grams.[1][2] During initial questioning, the suspect admitted purchasing the cannabis for Rp50,000 from an unidentified individual on Jalan Alboin Hutabarat.[1][2] Police confiscated the cannabis and the motorcycle and took AHL to the Padangsidimpuan police station for investigation.[1][2]
Padangsidimpuan narcotics chief AKP Juli Purwono said police were examining witnesses and hunting the unidentified supplier.[1][2] Investigators said they were preparing the case file and would also involve local neighbourhood heads (kepala lingkungan) in developing the case.[2] The suspect is a retired civil servant residing on Jalan Kapten Koima in North Padangsidimpuan.[3][2]
