The National Police of Cambodia reported the results of nationwide drug crime suppression operations conducted on 12 March 2026. According to the official summary, authorities handled 21 cases and detained 56 suspects, including two women. The report also recorded the quantity of methamphetamine seized and identified the participating police and military police units by location.
Background
This update is an official enforcement summary issued by the National Police of Cambodia concerning drug-related criminal cases recorded across the country on a single date. The report presents aggregate national figures together with a provincial breakdown of cases, arrests, and seized evidence.
Scope of Application
The report covers drug crime suppression operations carried out nationwide on 12 March 2026. It includes cases handled by nine police units and three military police units. The figures relate to three types of offenses identified in the report: trafficking, transport or storage, and use.
Key Provisions or Decisions
The report states that 21 drug-related cases were recorded nationwide, with 56 suspects detained, including two women.
Of the total cases:
- Five cases involved trafficking, with 20 suspects detained, including two women.
- Fourteen cases involved transport or storage, with 24 suspects detained.
- Two cases involved use, with 12 suspects detained.
The total evidence seized on 12 March 2026 was reported as 379.47 grams of methamphetamine (Ice).
The report states that 11 units participated in the suppression activities.
Police units:
- Pursat: one storage case, one suspect detained, 0.50 grams of Ice seized.
- Battambang: one trafficking case with five suspects detained including one woman; three storage cases with five suspects detained; one use case with two suspects detained; 235.08 grams of Ice seized.
- Kampong Chhnang: one trafficking case, two suspects detained, 13.0 grams of Ice seized.
- Kampot: one storage case, one suspect detained, 0.14 grams of Ice seized.
- Kandal: four storage cases, four suspects detained, 0.56 grams of Ice seized.
- Koh Kong: one storage case, three suspects detained, 2.0 grams of Ice seized.
- Mondulkiri: one storage case, one suspect detained, 0.46 grams of Ice seized.
- Siem Reap: one storage case with five suspects detained; one use case with 10 suspects detained; 1.90 grams of Ice seized.
- Takeo: one trafficking case with one woman detained; one storage case with two suspects detained; 94.99 grams of Ice seized.
Military police units:
- Kampong Speu: one storage case, two suspects detained, 0.16 grams of Ice seized.
- Siem Reap: one trafficking case, nine suspects detained, 16.98 grams of Ice seized.
- Svay Rieng: one trafficking case, three suspects detained, 13.70 grams of Ice seized.
Implications for Investors, Businesses, or Compliance
This report serves as an official enforcement record of anti-drug operations across multiple provinces. For long-term reference, it documents the scale and geographic distribution of narcotics enforcement activity on the reported date and may assist in tracking law enforcement patterns and public security developments.
Official Source
National Police of Cambodia, enforcement summary published on 12 March 2026, with linked official police source: https://police.gov.kh/?p=142873.
