Four hectares of cannabis burned in Sawang; two growers held
Lhokseumawe police with TNI soldiers burned four hectares of ready-to-harvest cannabis at Cot Rawa Thoe in Sawang, North Aceh, on 19 July 2018, keeping thousands of stems as evidence. Two growers, a 73-year-old man and his 28-year-old son, were detained at the scene.
🇮🇩 Cot Rawa Thoe, Jurong, Sawang, North Aceh · Indonesia
Lhokseumawe police chief AKBP Ari Lasta led the destruction of four hectares of ready-to-harvest cannabis fields at Cot Rawa Thoe, Jurong village, in Sawang district on 19 July 2018.[1][2]Soldiers of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) assisted the police, and the crop was uprooted and burned on the spot while thousands of stems were carried off as evidence.[1]
Officers detained two growers at the scene: 73-year-old HU, who said the plot behind his house was only half a hectare and that he had already harvested three times, and his 28-year-old son MU.[1][2]HU told reporters he sold harvested marijuana to visiting buyers at 125,000 rupiah a kilogram and claimed not to have known the plant was prohibited.[2]
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Lhokseumawe police chief AKBP Ari Lasta leads the destruction of the four-hectare cannabis field in Cot Rawa Thoe.Photo details
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