TNI task force uproots 1,347 cannabis plants near Siminbuk
A TNI task force under Joint Regional Defense Command III found and uprooted 1,347 cannabis plants in forest near Kampung Siminbuk, Serambakon, Pegunungan Bintang, on 8 September 2026.
🇮🇩 Siminbuk, Serambakon, Pegunungan Bintang, Highland Papua · Indonesia
A TNI task force under Joint Regional Defense Command III found 1,347 cannabis plants in forest near Kampung Siminbuk, Serambakon District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Highland Papua, on 8 September 2026.[1][2]
ANTARA reported that task-force personnel uprooted and secured the plants during the operation.[1]The plants were found at cultivation sites in remote forest, and the authorities did not report an arrest at the location.[1][2]
The evidence was handed to the Pegunungan Bintang Police Narcotics Unit for legal processing and further destruction.[2]The reports leave the alleged ownership of the cultivation sites under investigation, so this report records the removal and handover without assigning responsibility to a named group.[1][2]
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TNI task force personnel uproot and secure cannabis plants near Siminbuk in a photograph published by ANTARA.Photo details
The sources say the plants were secured and handed to police for legal processing; whether all 1,347 plants were later destroyed is not reported.
No arrest or court outcome is reported for the cultivation sites.
The official suspicion that the land was connected to an armed group remains under investigation and is not treated as an established attribution here.
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