Officers of the criminal investigation unit at Polsek Panyabungan, under Polres Mandailing Natal, stopped a suspected cannabis courier on Tuesday 10 November 2026 in Dalan Lidang village, Panyabungan district, Mandailing Natal.[1][2][3] They detained a 25-year-old man identified only as TD.[1][2][3] He is a resident of Kularian village, Duo Koto, Tanjung Raya, Agam regency, West Sumatra.[4] Polres chief AKBP Bagus Priandy said the Panyabungan unit had uncovered a suspected cannabis offence and secured TD with 25 bales believed to contain cannabis.[1][2][3] Panyabungan police chief AKP Daster Sinulingga said the stop followed a tip about a suspicious motorcycle rider carrying a backpack.[1][2][3]
Inside the backpack officers found a sack of dried cannabis ready for distribution.[1][2][3] TD was then taken to the police station for questioning.[2] Tribun Medan described the load as 25 bales weighing 25 kilograms.[1][2][3] It said the cannabis was carried on a motorcycle by a courier thought to have come from West Sumatra.[1][2][3] Officers also took a red-and-black Nordwand backpack.[4] They also took a Fortune jute sack.[4] Pilarfakta likewise reported that a companion riding the motorcycle with him fled during the arrest.[5] Garisdata reported that TD said a companion who was riding the motorcycle with him fled during the arrest.[4] Police said they were still tracing where the cannabis came from and where it was meant to be sold.[1][3]
The suspect and the exhibits were handed to Satresnarkoba Polres Mandailing Natal, the regency drug squad, for investigation, including the search for the man who fled.[4] Priandy said investigators were completing the case file and coordinating that handover under the rules in force.[1][3]
