Madina Police Destroy 5 Hectares Of Cannabis Field

Mandailing Natal Police personnel destroyed marijuana fields in the hills of Tor Sihite Sumur Holbung, Pardomuan Village, East Panyabungan District. (ANTARA/HO-Polda North Sumatra)

MEDAN - Mandailing Natal (Madina) Police, North Sumatra destroyed five hectares of marijuana fields in the hills of Tor Sihite Sumur Holbung, Pardomuan Village, East Panyabungan District.

"Yes, that's right, five hectares of cannabis fields were destroyed on Thursday (30/11)," said Madina Police Chief AKBP M Reza Chairul as reported by ANTARA, Friday, December 1.

He said that before carrying out the destruction, the officers initially held a readiness meeting before moving towards the location of the marijuana field.

"The group arrived at the location where the cannabis fields were destroyed in the hills of Tor Sihite Sumur Holbung, which was then destroyed by burning them in the five-hectare field," said Reza.

The middle-ranking police officer said there were about 15,000 cannabis stalks planted in the field.

According to Reza, the marijuana in the field is estimated to be 2-6 months old with a height of about 1-2 meters.

"At 12.15 WIB, the entire group finished carrying out the destruction. Then the group returned to Pardomuan Village," said Reza.

He said the disclosure of the marijuana field began with the arrest of the owner of the field with the initials RR on November 21, 2023.

From the arrest of RR, said the Police Chief, officers carried out developments until they finally found the marijuana field.

"It was revealed that the marijuana field started when the suspect RR was arrested, then from this case, development was carried out which was found in the marijuana field in the hills of Tor Sihite Sumur Holbung," he said.

Previously, the North Sumatra Police also found 18 locations for the 150 hectare marijuana field in Laru Lombang Village, Tambangan District, Madina Regency, North Sumatra.

This discovery was made after it was mapped through a satellite network and manually.

The proceeds from the marijuana field will be circulated in the city of Padang which is controlled by prisoners in Padang Prison. The prisoner has been detained for questioning at the North Sumatra Police.