Joint personnel of Indonesia's narcotics agency, the military and the police destroyed a four-hectare cannabis field holding about eight tons of plants in Dusun Alue le Mudek, Teupin Rusep, Sawang, on 4 October 2023, burning the crop on-site. BNN said 20 field sites totalling 16.2 hectares had been destroyed in Aceh in 2023. No arrests were reported.
🇮🇩 Dusun Alue le Mudek, Teupin Rusep, Sawang, North Aceh · Indonesia
Joint personnel of Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency, the military and the police destroyed a four-hectare marijuana field in Dusun Alue le Mudek, Teupin Rusep village, Sawang, North Aceh, on Wednesday 4 October 2023.[1][2] The field held about eight tons of cannabis plants, which were uprooted and burned on-site.[1][2]
BNN’s recapitulation data for 2023 recorded 20 field sites, covering 16.2 hectares, destroyed in Aceh that year, with a total weight of 66.5 tons.[1][2]
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