JAKARTA, Feb 4, Jakarta Post/ANN -- Keerom Police discovered on Saturday a 1-hectare marijuana field in Waris district, Keerom regency, Papua, which shares a border with Papua New Guinea. "The field has been cleared of plants and we have arrested the owner," Papua Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. He added that the field owner had been identified as 48-year-old Laurens Swo, a farmer who lives near the marijuana field. "Our personnel have uprooted the marijuana plants. 35/2009 on narcotics, which carries a maximum punishment of 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of Rp 8 billion (US$582,000).

Source: The Star February 04, 2020 04:41 UTC