Authorities in East Java, Indonesia’s Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park on Tuesday ( Sep 24 ), found tens of thousands of marijuana plants within the park, which included approximately 38, 000 plants.  ,
The area where the crops were discovered stretched around 1.5 acres, according to Robert Da Costa, Director of Drug Detection for East Java Police. According to Mr. Da Costa, the weed was planted in remote, rugged mountain terrain without the help of “hinder detection by authorities.”  ,
Authorities are looking for essential figures responsible for the illegal procedure by putting four suspects in custody. According to Mr. Da Costa,” they have been planting pot since January 2024.” ” From January to September, some species were harvested and others were not”, he added.  ,
Indonesia has some of the nation’s toughest drug rules, including the dying sentence for smugglers. Cannabis, for use or even clinical reasons, remains illegal in the country despite growing names across the world for legalisation.  ,
According to Mr. Da Costa, the unlawful cultivation of crops began earlier in January, with some areas being discovered to have already been harvested while others have remained uncultivated.
On September 19, officers began their investigation after 453 cannabis plants were discovered growing on the slopes of Mount Semeru in the town of Argosari. The discovery of many larger marijuana fields in the wake of succeeding searches revealed that the plants were probably three to four months old and were between 1.5 and 2 meters tall, which indicated that the fields were ready for harvest.
More cannabis plants were discovered throughout the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park as the research place expanded, according to authorities.  ,
According to local media reports, the suspects chose tough and challenging hill terrain to obstruct their identification.  ,
According to Mr. Da Costa,” The landscape they chose was extremely hard, making it difficult for our officers to get the area,” according to a statement made by Antara news agency.
Officials in Indonesia are still looking into the names of those who were detained, with the intention of destroying a larger network of dealers and investors thought to be involved in the production activity. We firmly believe that this activity involved other parties. We may remain our investigation until all of the concerned parties are found guilty, according to Mr. Da Costa.  ,
According to preliminary information, the plants were distributed directly around East Java rather than for export, according to CNN Indonesia.  ,
As we believe there are still unknown areas, he continued,” We are constantly broadening our washes and studies.”  ,
Local residents, he said, had not only provided important data that led to the discovery but also offered assistance to officials in the continuing search efforts.  ,
Local authorities discovered a well-hidden site well-hidden in the wooded areas of the national garden, which was surrounded by dense foliage on rough terrains, over the weekend. According to authorities, at least 10 kg of powdered marijuana were taken from the location.  ,
The largest drug bust in recent history was the largest, Indonesian officials have not yet confirmed. Similar activities have occurred in different sections of Indonesia recently. In 2022, officers from Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency ( BNN) dismantled a marijuana plantation in North Sumatra spanning around 5 acres and seized 50, 000 cannabis species. Drones were used to identify the estate.  ,
In the county of Aceh, BNN officers this year destroyed 3. 5 tons of marijuana that was taken from two hectares of unlawful fields.  ,
Clustering officers earlier in March destroyed pot fields that spanned an area of about 4 acres across three locations in Aceh.  ,