5,000 cannabis plants and 20,000 seedlings destroyed in Sawang, Aceh
A joint BNN, military and police force of 103 officers destroyed more than 5,000 cannabis plants and 20,000 seedlings across three sites in Dusun Cot Lawatu, Sawang, North Aceh, on 13 October 2021, burning the haul of about three tonnes on the spot. No arrests were reported.
🇮🇩 Dusun Cot Lawatu, Sawang, North Aceh Regency, Aceh · Indonesia
A joint force of 103 officers from the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), the
military and the police raided cannabis fields in Dusun Cot Lawatu, Sawang,
North Aceh Regency, on Wednesday 13 October 2021.[1][2]They found more than
5,000 harvest-ready cannabis plants, equivalent to about three tonnes of stems,
plus 20,000 seedlings ready for planting, spread over three sites covering
three hectares.[1][2]The plants were uprooted and burned on the spot as part
of the national P4GN anti-drug campaign.[1][2]
BNN’s eradication director, Brigadier General Aldrin Hutabarat, joined officers
in burning the stems during the raid.[2]A later academic study of drug
enforcement in North Aceh confirms the October 2021 destruction at Cot Lawatu,
Sawang, giving the same 5,000 plants, 20,000 seeds and three-tonne weight.[3]
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Source: ANTARA FotoBNN eradication director Brig. Gen. Aldrin Hutabarat burns cannabis stems during the Cot Lawatu raidPhoto details
Area: ANTARA Foto reports three sites covering 3 hectares, while the later academic account describes four hectares in Cot Lawatu; this report uses the contemporaneous 3-hectare figure.
No arrests, growers identified, or court outcomes were reported in the opened sources.
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Arrested 4Charged 3Plants destroyed 150,000Area 122.9 ha
