The Salatiga district prosecutor’s office, Kejari Salatiga, destroyed evidence from 33 general criminal cases whose court decisions had become final.[1] The destruction took place at SMK Negeri 3 Salatiga, a state vocational school in the city, on Tuesday 10 November 2026, during the commemoration of the 81st Heroes’ Day.[1] The event began at 10am local time and was attended by the city’s regional leadership forum, Forkopimda, and thousands of students.[2] The Forkopimda brings together the local government, police, military and prosecutors.[2]

Erik Meza Nusantara, the head of Kejari Salatiga, listed the narcotics destroyed as 587.16 grams of ganja, the Indonesian term for cannabis, 7.49 grams of sabu (crystal methamphetamine) and 1.22 grams of tembakau gorila.[3] Only the ganja is counted as cannabis here; the sabu and the tembakau gorila are excluded.[1] The same batch included 1,193 tablets of illegal pharmaceutical drugs, 17 mobile phones, 1,435 grams of firecracker explosives and 233 other items.[3] The cases whose evidence was destroyed were handled between July and November 2026.[3]

Prosecutors destroyed the material with a blender, a grinder and a hammer so that no convict or anyone else could use or resell it.[3] Awan Prastyo Luhur, who heads the office’s asset recovery and evidence management section, said the destruction was the execution of court decisions against the 33 cases that had become final.[1]

Awan said the office destroyed the evidence to continue the heroes’ struggle by building a law-aware society.[2] Erik said the event also offered public consultation stands staffed by city agencies and a student exhibition.[3]