Police find marijuana field

Police find marijuana field

PADANG, West Sumatra: Local police in Solok, West Sumatra,
found on Tuesday a 400-square-meter marijuana plantation and 115
marijuana plants ready for harvest.

The police detained two local men believed to be the
plantation's owners.

"Thanks to local people who reported the suspect field, we
were able to discover the marijuana plantation," West Sumatra
Police spokesman Comr. Heri Dwi Prantodo said on Tuesday.

He added the police would search for other marijuana fields
based on the two suspects' accounts.

Separately in Padang, local police arrested two men in their
boarding house for possessing 8.5 kilograms of marijuana they had
smuggled from Aceh. Heri said the two men had already sold 10.5
kilograms of marijuana. -- JP