The Yonif 725/Woroagi border task force found about 5,000 cannabis plants at two sites in Yahukimo on 13 July 2026.[1][2]

Detik reported about 3,000 plants at the Kima village complex and about 2,000 at Air Garam, where troops also secured one bow and 26 arrows.[1][2] The reports said the operation followed a tip about illegal cultivation and that authorities were investigating who was responsible, but neither documented an arrest or destruction of the plants.[1][2]