Two held as customs and police seize 306 g of ganja sent from Jayapura
Customs officers in Sorong and the city police narcotics unit detained two people and seized about 306 grams of dried ganja sent from Jayapura in a parcel-delivery package. The seizure was part of Operasi PATMA BERANI 2026, which customs said uncovered 140 drug cases and 1,701.51 kilograms of narcotics, psychotropics and precursors nationwide between 16 September and 16 October 2026.
🇮🇩 Remu Utara, Kota Sorong, Southwest Papua · Indonesia
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Cannabis
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Customs officers in Sorong and the Sorong City police narcotics unit detained
two people and seized about 306 grams of dried ganja sent from Jayapura to
Sorong on Wednesday 16 September 2026.[1]The case began on Tuesday 15
September 2026, when Bea Cukai Sorong received information about a parcel from
Jayapura suspected of containing narcotics and declared with goods that did not
match.[1]Officers coordinated with the narcotics investigation unit of
Polresta Sorong Kota to develop the information and watch the parcel’s movement.[1]
On Wednesday 16 September 2026 the joint team secured the parcel in the
courtyard of a hotel with the initials CV in the Remu Utara area of Sorong.[2]Officers also detained two people suspected of being connected with the
shipment, for further examination.[1]The parcel held 11 packs of dried ganja
weighing about 306 grams, hidden inside black clothing.[2]The parcel had been
sent through a parcel-delivery company, a perusahaan jasa titipan, from Jayapura
to Sorong.[1]The evidence and the two detained people were handed over to
Polresta Sorong Kota for examination and further legal process.[1]
Customs described PATMA BERANI as a joint patrol run simultaneously and in an
integrated way to strengthen supervision of the circulation of narcotics,
psychotropics and precursors.[1]Customs said PATMA BERANI 2026, which ran
simultaneously across Indonesia from 16 September to 16 October 2026, uncovered
140 cases of illicit circulation of narcotics, psychotropics and precursors,
with total seizures of 1,701.51 kilograms, or about 1.7 tonnes.[3]Customs
said the operation’s seizures of narcotics, psychotropics and precursors rose
101 percent on 2025, when it recorded 191 enforcement actions with 818.01
kilograms seized.[4]
The 306 grams is described as about 306 grams, not an exact measured weight.
The two detained people were handed to Polresta Sorong Kota, but no names, charges or court outcome were reported.
The 1,701.51-kilogram campaign total covers narcotics, psychotropics and precursors together, so no cannabis-only figure for the whole operation was published.
The accounts carry the same customs and police statement, so the details rest on one official version rather than independent reporting.
The hotel where the parcel was secured is identified only by the initials CV.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Republika: The head of Bea Cukai Sorong, Dwi Suhartanto, said the enforcement was part of the supervision synergy in Operasi Patma Berani 2026 to strengthen the eradication of illicit narcotics circulation.
Rokan Hilir regency police destroyed evidence from 15 narcotics cases at their headquarters on 13 November 2026, including 12.88 grams of ganja, the Indonesian term for cannabis, alongside 428.39 grams of sabu methamphetamine, 226 ecstasy pills and 29 pieces of etomidate. The force said it had detained 112 suspects in 74 narcotics cases between January and the end of October 2026.
The Kepahiang District Attorney's Office destroyed 509.3 grams of ganja and 24.6 grams of crystal methamphetamine from evidence in 31 general criminal cases whose verdicts had become final, in the yard of its office on 12 November 2026. It was the second such destruction carried out in 2026, covering cases handled between July and November of that year.
Jayapura prosecutors destroyed evidence from 41 final criminal cases on 10 November 2026, including 21 cannabis cases. The destroyed cannabis weighed 0.21 grams, alongside sabu and other criminal evidence.
Kejari Banda Aceh destroyed evidence from 69 general criminal cases with final court judgments in Banda Aceh on 10 November 2026, including 13.27 grams of ganja. The exercise also covered methamphetamine and other contraband, witnessed by local officials and the Sharia Court deputy chair.
