47,000 cannabis plants destroyed in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park
Police and park rangers used drones to find and destroy more than 47,000 cannabis plants in the Pusung Duwur Block of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park between September and October 2024. Four local suspects were arrested with 10 kg of dried marijuana; officials denied staff involvement in March 2025.
🇮🇩 Pusung Duwur Block, Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Lumajang, East Java · Indonesia
Police and forest rangers used first-person-view drones in 2024 to investigate
reports of illicit cultivation inside the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in
East Java.[1][2]From 18 to 21 September 2024, a joint team of the park
authority, Lumajang Police, soldiers and Argosari village officials uncovered a
cannabis growing site in the Pusung Duwur Block, in the Senduro and Gucialit
districts.[2]The team found the plants hidden in dense undergrowth on steep
slopes far from hiking routes and tourist spots, mapped the site by drone, then
cleared the plants and handed them to police as evidence.[1][2]
Between September and October 2024, police destroyed more than 47,000
marijuana plants on Mount Semeru’s slopes, seized10 kilograms of dried
marijuana and arrested at least four local villagers as suspects.[1]The
suspects were undergoing proceedings at the Lumajang District Court when the
operation was publicly described in March 2025.[2]
The government statements in March 2025 denied that the plantation had been
grown by park staff or that drone and access restrictions were imposed to cover
it up.[1][2]
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