News:2025-07-29/Eradication/joint-patrol-destroys-three-hectares-with-about-30-000-cannabis-plants-on-tor-sihite-hill

NewsEradication29 July 2025

Joint patrol destroys three hectares with about 30,000 cannabis plants on Tor Sihite hill

Part of Indonesia eradication campaigns (2025)

A joint team led by the commander of Kodim 0212/Tapanuli Selatan destroyed a cannabis field of about three hectares at Tor Sihite above Desa Rao-Rao Dolok, Tambangan district, on 29 July 2025. Detik reported around 30,000 plants aged three to five months at about 950 metres elevation, most nearing harvest. The patrol walked about five hours from Desa Tambangan Tonga before pulling and burning the plants on site, keeping 320 as evidence. Kapendam I/Bukit Barisan Kolonel Inf Asrul Kurniawan Harahap announced the operation.

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PlaceRao-Rao DolokMandailing NatalNorth SumatraIndonesia

Growing regionNorthern Sumatra

Growing areaTor Sihite

AgencyKodim 0212/Tapanuli Selatan

Plants eradicated30,000

Hectares3

Approximate location0.72, 99.68

Quantities as reported by the source.

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2025-07-29 Eradication Joint patrol destroys three hectares with about 30,000 cannabis plants on Tor Sihite hill A joint team led by the commander of Kodim 0212/Tapanuli Selatan destroyed a cannabis field of about three hectares at Tor Sihite above Desa Rao-Rao Dolok, Tambangan district, on 29 July 2025. Detik reported around 30,000 plants aged three to five months at about 950 metres elevation, most nearing harvest. The patrol walked about five hours from Desa Tambangan Tonga before pulling and burning the plants on site, keeping 320 as evidence. Kapendam I/Bukit Barisan Kolonel Inf Asrul Kurniawan Harahap announced the operation. https://www.detik.com/sumbagsel/hukum-dan-kriminal/d-8036540/ada-3-hektare-ladang-ganja-di-ketinggian-950-mdpl-perbukitan-tor-sihite https://awsimages.detik.net.id/community/media/visual/2025/07/30/tni-bersama-personel-gabungan-lainnya-saat-memusnahkan-ganja-di-tor-sihite-foto-kodam-ibb-1753844224658 169.jpeg Indonesia eradication campaigns (2025) Indonesia North Sumatra Mandailing Natal Rao-Rao Dolok Northern Sumatra Tor Sihite 0° 43' 12.00" N, 99° 40' 48.00" E Kodim 0212/Tapanuli Selatan 3 30000