Elderly man arrested as 85 cannabis pots found on Salatiga rooftop
Salatiga police arrested a 59-year-old man on 5 November 2026 after finding 85 pots of cannabis plants, from seeds to plants ready for harvest, on the roof of his house in Tingkir Tengah. The narcotics chief said the man told investigators the cannabis was for his own use, not for sale, and investigators were still establishing where the seeds came from and whether any harvest was sold.
🇮🇩 Kelurahan Tingkir Tengah, Kecamatan Tingkir, Kota Salatiga, Central Java · Indonesia
Police of the narcotics unit (Satresnarkoba) of Salatiga district police[1]arrested a 59-year-old man
who was growing cannabis on the roof of his house in Kelurahan Tingkir Tengah, Kecamatan Tingkir, Kota
Salatiga, on Thursday 5 November 2026.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]He lived in the Perumahan Mekar Elok housing
estate.[3][4][5]Several other Indonesian outlets reported the arrest.[9]
On the rooftop officers found cannabis at every stage of growth, from seeds and seedlings to bushy plants
ready for harvest, along with dried cannabis.[2]They took 85 pots of plants[2][3][4][5][6][7], 7.01 grams
of cannabis seeds and 15.48 grams of dried cannabis.[3][5][6][7]
Salatiga police chief AKBP Afrito Marbaro announced the arrest[3][7], and narcotics chief AKP Joko
Iskandar said one person was held and taken with the evidence for questioning.[10][6]The man told
investigators he grew the cannabis for his own use and did not sell it.[10][3][4][7]
Investigators said they were still establishing why he grew it, where the seeds came from, how long he
had been growing it, whether any was sold and whether others were involved.[2]Police said he faces
Article 111(2) of Law Number 35 of 2009 on Narcotics with Law Number 1 of 2026 on criminal penalties.[2][3][6]
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Pots of cannabis plants seized by Salatiga police from the rooftop of the suspect's house, laid out for display. Photo: RMOL Jateng/DokPhoto details
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Source: RMOL JatengUncaptioned photo published inside the report, apparently from the same police display of the seized cannabis pots. Photo: RMOL Jateng/DokPhoto details
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Source: RMOL JatengSalatiga police narcotics officers with the 85 pots of cannabis plants taken from the rooftop of a house in Tingkir Tengah. Photo: Satresnarkoba Polres Salatiga via Harian7Photo details
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Source: Harian7Salatiga narcotics officers arrest the man who grew cannabis in 85 pots. Photo: Humas Polres Salatiga via Kompas.comPhoto details
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Source: Kompas.comCannabis plants cultivated inside the house in Perumahan Mekar Elok, Tingkir Tengah, displayed after seizure. Photo: Polres Salatiga via MurianewsPhoto details
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Source: MurianewsOfficers seizing potted cannabis plants cultivated by KS at Perumahan Mekar Elok, Tingkir Tengah, Salatiga. Photo: Istimewa via Espos.idPhoto details
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Source: Espos.idCannabis plants cultivated inside the occupied house in Perumahan Mekar Elok, Tingkir Tengah, Salatiga, published with the arrest report. Photo: Dok. Polres SalatigaPhoto details
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Source: detikJatengPotted cannabis plants the Salatiga police say they seized from a painter's house in Tingkir Tengah, Salatiga. Photo: iNews TVPhoto details
Harian7harian7.comIDRooftop Rumah Warga Tingkir Salatiga Disulap Jadi Kebun Ganja, Satres Narkoba Temukan 85 Pot, Ada yang Siap Panen
Open questions the AI reported
No weight was published for the dried cannabis found alongside the 85 pots, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
The articles give the number of pots (85) but no count of individual plants, and no area.
The suspect's initials are given as KSBKN by RMOL Jateng and Salatiga Terkini, as KS by Harian7 and G by Rasika FM, so the reports refer to a 59-year-old man from Tingkir Tengah without a consistent initial.
No charge has been formally laid; police only said he is liable to face Law Number 35 of 2009, so no specific article or sentence range is recorded.
The suspect's account reaches the public only through police, who said the initial version was personal use; no independent account was found.
All accessible accounts repeat the Salatiga police narcotics unit's statements and are not independent of the police version.
The photos published with the reports are police handout images, and the second RMOL Jateng image is uncaptioned.
No court outcome or custody status beyond the initial questioning was reported.
Geger! Polisi Bongkar 85 Pot Ganja di Rooftop Rumah Warga Salatiga, Pria 59 Tahun Diamankan (Salatiga Terkini (Pikiran Rakyat)) could not be opened again to check its quotations (access challenge: Cloudflare blocked access to the article; archived fallback unavailable (no accessible Wayback capture was found). No AI research was started); what it says is as the AI read it.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in RASIKAFM.COM: Police presented the rooftop find as a case of cannabis cultivation hidden in an ordinary residential neighbourhood.
Left out environment, as its only supporting source is not cited by the report's text.
Kompas.com describes the grow as at the suspect's house without specifying the rooftop location named in earlier reports.
Espos.id attributes the account to Kapolres Salatiga AKBP Afrito Marbaro, while the report's account comes from narcotics chief AKP Joko Iskandar; both speak for the same Polres Salatiga investigation.
Espos.id describes the grow as inside a house and does not mention a rooftop, which the earlier reports named.
Kompas.com describes the grow as at the house where the suspect lived without specifying the rooftop location named in earlier reports.
Kompas gives no count of individual plants behind the 85 pots, so the plant count remains unknown.
detikJateng does not say whether the plants were on the roof or elsewhere in the occupied house, while earlier accounts described a rooftop grow.
detikJateng gives no count of individual plants behind the 85 pots and no court outcome or formal charge beyond police naming the article.
detikJateng's passage on the suspect's own-use admission could not be matched against the capture, so it was left out as a corroborating sentence.
The MSN page is a republication of Tribunnews reporting; its byline names Muhammad Renald Shiftanto and the canonical link points to Tribunnews.
iNews gives the suspect's initials as KSB, while RMOL Jateng and Salatiga Terkini give KSBKN and Harian7 gives KS.
The captured first page of the iNews article carries only the headline, caption and station report; its continuation printed further statements from Salatiga narcotics chief AKP Joko Iskandar about the seeds coming from a prison acquaintance in 2016, which were not matched against the capture and so are not recorded as report facts.
Panyabungan police stopped a motorcycle on 10 November 2026 and detained a 25-year-old Agam man with 25 bales of dried cannabis. A companion was reported to have fled, and no charge has been filed.
Satresnarkoba Polres Malang arrested five suspected narcotics dealers at four locations in Malang Raya on 9 November 2026, seizing methamphetamine, three packets of ganja and thousands of pills. No charge has been reported.
Padangsidimpuan police arrested a 64-year-old pensioner and recidivist on Jalan Alboin Hutabarat on 9 November 2026 after finding 31.56 grams of ganja in a paper wrapper. Police said the suspect bought the cannabis for Rp50,000 from an unidentified seller, and seized his motorcycle.
Medang Deras police arrested a 44-year-old man at a shop in Sei Buah Keras village, Batu Bara, on 9 November 2026 after a public tip. Officers found 40 packs of ready-to-distribute cannabis leaf and Rp50,000 in his pocket; he admitted the drugs were his to resell.