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        "id": 2030483,
        "msgid": "bandung-resident-grows-cannabis-on-home-rooftop-using-seeds-brought-from-california-1791571835",
        "date": "2026-10-10 00:46:01",
        "title": "Bandung Resident Grows Cannabis on Home Rooftop Using Seeds Brought from California",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Police in Bandung have arrested a 55-year-old man after finding 27 cannabis plants on the rooftop of his home. Investigators said he brought the seeds back from California, learned to cultivate the plants online and had begun drying some of the harvest for personal use and to share with former colleagues.",
        "content": "<p>Police have arrested a 55-year-old man, identified by the initials\nRA, for growing cannabis plants on the rooftop of his home in Ancol\nsubdistrict, Regol district, Bandung, West Java. Police said the seeds\nhe planted came from California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe seeds came from California, when the suspect was working in the\nUSA,\u201d Bandung Police Chief Dedi Supriyadi said at Regol Police Station,\nas reported by detikJabar on Saturday (10 October 2026).<\/p>\n<p>RA\u2019s activities came to light after Bandung Police uncovered 27 pots\nof cannabis plants at his residence. Officers found plants at various\nstages of growth, from newly sown seedlings to lush plants nearing\nharvest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe learned how to grow them from YouTube and had practised while in\nAmerica,\u201d Dedi said.<\/p>\n<p>Bandung Police Narcotics Chief Oliestha Ageng Wicaksana added that RA\nsmuggled the cannabis seeds in his trouser pocket when returning from\nthe United States to Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn his trouser pocket. The seeds were brought from the USA and put\nin his pocket; they\u2019re small, so they were safe there,\u201d Oliestha\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>RA had also begun drying his harvest for his own consumption. He\noccasionally shared some with former colleagues who had also worked in\nthe United States.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bandung-resident-grows-cannabis-on-home-rooftop-using-seeds-brought-from-california-1791571835",
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