In Coffee Gardens In South OKU, West Lampung Police Find Cannabis Fields

The atmosphere when police personnel uncovered marijuana fields in South OKU. (DOC. ANTARA)

LAMPUNG BARAT - Ladang ganja in the coffee plantation was found by the Drug Investigation Unit together with the West Lampung Police Satsamapta, Lampung Police.

This coffee plantation is located in Talangjawa Hamlet, Kiwis Raya Village, Warkuk Ranau Selatan District, Ogan Komering Ulu Regency (OKU) Selatan, South Sumatra.

West Lampung Police Chief AKBP Heri Sugeng priyantho through the Head of the Narcotics Unit, Iptu Jhoni Apriwansyah, confirmed that his party had succeeded in securing evidence of marijuana-type narcotics in South OKU Regency.

"Yes, it is true that we from the West Lampung Police have secured or uncovered a marijuana field case in South OKU, South Sumatra Province," said Jhoni Apriwansyah when contacted from South Lampung, Saturday.

He explained that the chronology of the disclosure of the marijuana field began with the arrest of a young man with the initials AA, a resident of North Lampung.

"Starting on Thursday (4/5) at around 20.00 WIB in Pekon (Village) Pagar Dewa, Sukau District, West Lampung, members of the West Lampung Police Narcotics Unit have arrested a young man with the initials AA (24), a resident of Belt Empat Village, Way Kunang District, North Lampung," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, May 6.

After the search, he said, evidence was found in the form of clear plastic which contained white paper containing marijuana. A white paper covered with clear duct tape which contains marijuana.

The officer then interrogated AA and admitted that the evidence belonged to him.

"The alleged abuse of marijuana (AA) type narcotics said that there were still more cannabis plants in the coffee plantation in South OKU," he also said.

With the information from the perpetrators, joint personnel from the Narcotics Unit and the West Lampung Police Satsamapta, led by Iptu Jhoni, carried out developments related to information on the existence of the cannabis plant in the coffee plantation.

"On Friday (5/5) at around 11.45 WIB, the joint officers finally managed to secure evidence of 16 cannabis plant seeds in a black polybag and 29 cannabis plants," he said again.

Iptu Jhoni revealed that now the perpetrator AA along with the evidence were brought to the West Lampung Police for further investigation.

"The perpetrator AA has committed a criminal act of narcotics abuse of marijuana as referred to in Article 114 paragraph (1) or Article 111 paragraph (1) of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics is threatened with imprisonment for a minimum of 4 years and a maximum of 12 years," he concluded.