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Dating
Serambinews dates the burning to "Senin (10/4/2023)". Antara dates its photograph of the destruction "Selasa (11/4/2023)" and gives the police chief's statement as received on Tuesday evening. iNews quotes the Kodam Iskandar Muda spokesman as saying the fields were found "pada Minggu (9/4)". The stored date, 10 April 2023, follows Serambinews.
Quantities
The reports read differ on the area found and on the area destroyed:
| Outlet | Wording |
|---|---|
| iNews, 10 April 2023 | "Ladang ganja seluas 8,9 hektare ditemukan tersebar di tiga titik" |
| Serambinews, 11 April 2023 | "memusnahkan ladang ganja seluas 8,9 hektare" |
| Antara, 12 April 2023 | "melakukan pemusnahan ladang ganja seluas 40 hektare" and "luas sekitar 40 Hektare, dengan 11 titik lokasi" |
| Kompas TV, 13 April 2023 | "seluas 40 hektar ladang ganja tersebut tersebar di 11 titik yang berbeda", "Tiga titik diantarnya atau 8,9 hektar sudah berhasil dimusnahkan" and "Delapan titik ladang ganja lainya masih dalam proses treking" |
This news item stores 8.9 hectares, the area Serambinews and Kompas TV give as destroyed. Kompas TV's estimate that the harvest "bisa mencapai tujuh ton perhektarnya" is not stored.
Map pin
Antara places the fields "di kawasan Desa Blang Meurandeh". The pin is Wikidata's point for Blang Meurandeh (Q18011197), rounded to two decimals. It marks the village, not the fields, which Serambinews puts a climb of five to seven hours from the village.
Related news items
The iNews, Antara and Kompas TV reports describe the same operation and are recorded in this one news item.
These notes were recorded when the news item was prepared. Éloise 22:43, 19 October 2026 (+07)