According to CNN Indonesia, preliminary studies counsel that the crops weren’t bought for export, however had been distributed domestically in East Java.
“We are actively increasing our analysis and surveys, as we suspect there are nonetheless fields to be found,” he added.
Local residents not solely supplied very important info that led to the invention, but in addition assisted officers within the ongoing search, he stated.
Over the weekend, native police additionally found a web site used to course of marijuana crops, properly hidden within the wooded areas of the nationwide park, surrounded by thick vegetation on steep terrain. At least 10 kilograms of dried marijuana had been seized from the location, officers stated.
Indonesian authorities haven’t but confirmed whether or not the most recent seizure was the most important drug bust in current historical past. Similar operations have taken place in different elements of Indonesia in recent times. In 2022, officers from Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN) dismantled a 5-hectare marijuana plantation in North Sumatra and seized 50,000 hashish crops. Drones had been used to find the plantation.
In August this yr, BNN brokers destroyed 3.5 tons of marijuana harvested from two hectares of unlawful fields in Aceh province.
The marijuana fields, which cowl an space of about 4 hectares in three places in Aceh, had been destroyed by BNN brokers in early March.
