Disparbud Garut Bankis Ladang Ganja Which Was Found By The Police Is Located In The Situ Cangkuang Tourism Area

The atmosphere of land planted with marijuana in Cangkuang, Leles District, Garut Regency, West Java. ANTARA/HO-Resident.

The Department of Tourism and Culture (Disparbud) of Garut Regency, West Java stated that the discovery of a marijuana field by the police was not in the tourist area of Situ Cangkuang, Leles District. But outside the area of supervision of tourist attractions, so as not to interfere with tourist activities. "Yes, outside, it is outside the fence, because what we manage is there (danau), Pulonya Village," said Head of the Garut Regency Tourism and Culture Office Agus Ismail in Garut, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, February 1. The Situ Cangkuang tourist area and the cultural tourism of Kampung Pulo is a fairly large area located in Leles District. "So indeed the Cangkuang area is divided into several areas, tourist and agricultural areas, fisheries, well it happens that (the cannabis field) borders the tourist area," he said again. He conveyed that there are areas outside the tourist attraction whose land status belongs to the village, some are managed by the community for farming activities. The discovery of the cannabis plant in Cangkuang has been clarified, not in the area that is under the supervision of the tourist manager Situ Cangkuang. "Yes, that was also clarified yesterday, there is no (doubly) in tourist areas, indeed the Cangkuang area, but it's wide," he also said. The existence of cannabis plants in the area is of course a concern for the Garut Tourism Office to further increase supervision so that no party grows marijuana, especially in the land that is a tourist spot. "We must move, the important thing is how the community participates as well," he said. Previously, the Head of Human Resources for the Garut Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP), Tubagus Agus Sofyan, confirmed that 167 marijuana trees with a height of 1 to 2 meters were secured by the police. "The latest news we received was that the cannabis tree and the alleged owner had been secured by the police," he said. The discovery of the cannabis field in Cangkuang has not yet been officially stated by the police. According to information received, the police have secured a number of marijuana plants and a suspect who planted them.