South Sumatra’s provincial police destroyed drug evidence in the courtyard of their headquarters in Palembang on Friday 30 October 2026.[1] The evidence came from 71 police reports (laporan polisi, the case files police open) involving 87 suspects, all from October 2026.[2] Police said the 87 detained suspects came from cases handled by four units: the provincial narcotics directorate and the city and district police of Palembang, Ogan Komering Ilir and Banyuasin.[1] Patar Silalahi, the provincial narcotics director, said some of them were believed to have acted as bandar, or large-scale dealers.[2]
By Patar’s count the cases yielded 21.3 grams of ganja (cannabis), along with 36,459.93 grams of sabu (crystal methamphetamine), 118.2 grams of Happy Five pills, 473.8 millilitres of etomidate, 379 ecstasy pills and 46.65 millilitres of sinte.[2] Part of the evidence was set aside for laboratory tests and for use in court, and was not destroyed.[2] The cannabis destroyed weighed 21 grams.[2] Akurat.co, in its own account of the destruction, listed 21.3 grams of ganja among the destroyed drugs.[3] The cannabis came from Palembang city police cases, which also yielded 123.34 grams of methamphetamine, 19.8 millilitres of etomidate and 45 ecstasy pills.[2] Palembang city police accounted for 51 of the 71 reports and 61 of the 87 suspects.[2] The provincial directorate handled 14 reports with 19 suspects.[2]
Patar said some of the evidence came from a narcotics unit operation in Ogan Komering Ilir, with most of the rest from routine investigation.[2] He said 100 pieces of the evidence came from Malaysia.[2] Patar said raids and enforcement action against trafficking would remain routine police work.[3] He said the work was measured against a 100-day target under the new leadership and would then continue as routine.[2] Akurat.co reported that the provincial police and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) said they would strengthen cooperation to curb trafficking in the province.[3]
