Joint patrol removes 226 cannabis plants from two Pegunungan Bintang sites
A 29-person joint patrol found cannabis plantations at Yunabol in Oksibil and Siminbuk in Serambakon during operations on 10 and 11 April 2026, removing about 226 plants: 81 at Yunabol and 145 at Siminbuk. Two men were held as witnesses, not suspects, and both tested negative in initial urine examinations.
🇮🇩 Yunabol, Oksibil, and Siminbuk, Serambakon, Pegunungan Bintang, Highland Papua, Indonesia
A 29-person joint patrol operating on 10 and 11 April 2026 found cannabis plantations in Kampung
Yunabol, Oksibil District, and Kampung Siminbuk, Serambakon District, in Pegunungan Bintang.[1][2]
The patrol removed about 226 plants from the two sites: 81 plants at Yunabol and 145 at Siminbuk.[1][2]The Indonesian National Police said the evidence was handed to the Pegunungan Bintang
Police Narcotics Unit for further investigation.[1]
Officers also held LU, 57, and GU alias K, 27, but described both as witnesses rather than
suspects; initial urine tests were negative.[1][2]
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Joint security personnel display uprooted cannabis plants from the Pegunungan Bintang operation.Photo details
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