Police in Trumon, southern Aceh, seized 50 kilograms of marijuana on 30 August 2001 from a car bearing the logo of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and heading for Singkil, a town near the border with North Sumatra.[1] The marijuana was seized near the Trumon police office, about 535 kilometres south of Banda Aceh.[1]

Three suspects were detained, according to Comr. Sudarsono, deputy spokesman of the Aceh Security Restoration Taskforce in Banda Aceh.[1] Two of those detained, aged 21 and 29, are employees of the Meuraxa clinic in Banda Aceh, and the third is a 32-year-old resident of Peukan Bada in Aceh Besar regency.[1] The car is privately owned and carries the PMI logo, Sudarsono said.[1]