Eight cannabis plants weighing 8.8 kg seized at Partibi Lama
Karo police detained a 29-year-old man in farmland at Partibi Lama on 20 May 2026 and uprooted eight cannabis plants measuring 85 to 165 centimetres. The wet plants weighed 8.8 kg net; officers also seized 1.28 g of loose cannabis material and a rolling paper.
🇮🇩 Partibi Lama, Merek, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Karo police detained a 29-year-old man in farmland at Partibi Lama, Merek, on Wednesday 20 May
2026.[1][2]Officers then searched the plot and uprooted eight plants believed to be cannabis,
measuring between 85 and 165 centimetres tall.[1][2]
The wet plants weighed 8.8 kilograms net, while officers also seized1.28 grams of leaves, twigs
and seeds and one rolling paper.[1][2]The suspect and evidence were taken to the Karo narcotics
unit for investigation under Article 114(1) of Indonesia’s Narcotics Law.[1][2]
NusanewsTV published a photograph showing police and a detained man among the plants.[2]
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Karo police inspect and uproot cannabis plants at the Partibi Lama farmland.Photo details
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