Police uproot 19 cannabis plants at Sukatendel, Karo
A joint team found 19 cannabis plants at Perladangan Tembuten near a drug-and-gambling barracks in Sukatendel, Tiganderket, on 22 July 2026. Officers uprooted the plants and secured them as evidence while investigating who had planted them.
🇮🇩 Perladangan Tembuten, Sukatendel, Tiganderket, Karo Regency, North Sumatra · Indonesia
A joint team from Karo police, the Karo regency BNN and local government found 19 cannabis plants at Perladangan Tembuten near a drug-and-gambling barracks in Sukatendel, Tiganderket, on 22 July 2026.[1][2]
Five plants were in pots, and officers also found two packets of dried cannabis and a bong.[1][2]The team uprooted all 19 plants and secured them as evidence while police investigated who had planted them.[1][2]
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Police and local officials display uprooted cannabis plants in the Sukatendel field.Photo details
The sources say the 19 plants were uprooted and secured as evidence but do not document their final destruction, so no plants-destroyed figure is recorded.
No arrest or named suspect was reported; police said ownership and the planter remained under investigation.
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