Indonesia eradication campaigns (2023)
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Indonesia eradication campaigns (2023) covers cannabis eradication reporting from Indonesia during 2023. The year's defining documented operation was Polda Sumut's satellite-led location of about 150 hectares of cannabis in the Tor Sihite hills of Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra, in November, which the news agency Antara described as the largest cannabis field police had found in Indonesia.[1] The provincial police chief said the force no longer searched for fields by foot patrol but by satellite imagery checked by drone.[1] BNN had already located two plots on the same hills by satellite imagery in 2018.[2] In Aceh Besar the agency destroyed a field in October that unmanned aircraft, flown together with BRIN and BIG, had located.[3]
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Documented operations
On 11 November Polda Sumut announced that satellite imagery followed by drone verification had located about 150 hectares of cannabis across 18 points in the Tor Sihite hills of Mandailing Natal: ten points at Desa Rao-Rao Dolok in Tambangan district and eight at Desa Pardomuan and Huta Tua in Panyabungan Timur. The investigation began with the arrest of three couriers carrying 15 kg of cannabis at Gunung Baringin on 1 November; police said the fields were run from inside a Padang prison by an inmate and arrested a landowner from Desa Huta Bangun. Nine of the 18 locations had been destroyed by the following day.[1]
On 2 October BNN destroyed a one-hectare field of about 15,000 plants at about 1,300 metres at Desa Pulo, Seulimum district, Aceh Besar. Unmanned aircraft flown with BRIN and BIG had located the field, and the agency investigated on the ground from 20 to 29 September.[3]
Timeline
| Date | Category | Event | Province | Regency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News:2023-11-11/Eradication/satellite-imagery-leads-polda-sumut-to-150-hectares-of-cannabis-at-tor-sihite | Eradication | Satellite imagery leads Polda Sumut to 150 hectares of cannabis at Tor Sihite | North Sumatra | Mandailing Natal | |
| News:2023-09-19/Eradication/nagan-raya-police-destroy-a-four-hectare-cannabis-field-and-seize-50-kg-of-dried-cannabis-at-blang-meurandeh | Eradication | Nagan Raya police destroy a four-hectare cannabis field and seize 50 kg of dried cannabis at Blang Meurandeh | Aceh | Nagan Raya | |
| News:2023-04-10/Eradication/army-led-team-burns-8-9-hectares-of-cannabis-in-a-protected-forest-at-beutong-ateuh-nagan-raya | Eradication | Army-led team burns 8.9 hectares of cannabis in a protected forest at Beutong Ateuh, Nagan Raya | Aceh | Nagan Raya | |
| News:2023-03-06/Eradication/west-aceh-police-burn-32-hectares-of-cannabis-in-a-protected-forest-in-nagan-raya | Eradication | West Aceh police burn 32 hectares of cannabis in a protected forest in Nagan Raya | Aceh | Nagan Raya |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Perburuan ratusan hektare ladang ganja di Madina gunakan teknologi citra satelit". Antara News Sumatera Utara (in Bahasa Indonesia). Antara. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "BNN musnahkan ladang ganja di Pengunungan Tor Sihite - Sumatera Utara". BNN (in Bahasa Indonesia). Badan Narkotika Nasional. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "BNN RI Musnahkan Ladang Ganja Di Ketinggian 1.300 MDPL". BNN (in Bahasa Indonesia). Badan Narkotika Nasional. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2026.