TNI task force clears 21,400 cannabis plants in Kurima, Yahukimo
The Yonif 725/Woroagi border task force found and cleared about 21,400 ready-to-harvest cannabis plants at Ibiroma Complex in Kurima, Yahukimo, on 9 September 2026. The operation involved 78 personnel and no arrest was reported.
🇮🇩 Ibiroma Complex, Kurima, Yahukimo, Highland Papua · Indonesia
On 9 September 2026 the Yonif 725/Woroagi border task force found about 21,400 ready-to-harvest cannabis plants at Ibiroma Complex in Kurima, Yahukimo, Highland Papua.[1][2]
ANTARA described the discovery as a military operation in difficult terrain, while TALi reported that 78 personnel took part under Operation Kinetik 3.18 and that the plants came from fields in Ibiroma and Hesmat.[1][2]
The plants were uprooted or secured as evidence, and neither account reports an arrest.[1][2]
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Cannabis field found by the Yonif 725/Woroagi border task force in Kurima, Yahukimo. Photo: ANTARA/HO-Satgas Pamtas RI-PNG Mobile Yonif 725.Photo details
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ANTARA describes the plants as secured evidence after discovery, while TALi describes them as taken from two fields; the sources do not document the final destruction step.
The military's claim that the fields were associated with an armed separatist group is not independently verified and is not used as a tracker fact here.
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