Background
Court-issued arrest warrants form a core link between criminal proceedings and police enforcement. Court-issued arrest warrants in Cambodia authorize police to locate and detain named persons for transfer into the judicial process. Drug trafficking enforcement in Cambodia is handled through coordination between police units and competent courts when a case requires arrest or detention under judicial authority.
The National Police of Cambodia operates through national departments and provincial police commissariats that carry out enforcement tasks under legal and judicial mandates. Provincial police commissariats conduct local enforcement operations, while specialized units such as anti-drug police support cases involving narcotics offenses. The execution of a warrant records a procedural enforcement action and does not, by itself, replace the role of the court in continuing the case.
Enforcement Actions
The National Police of Cambodia reported that on 2 May 2026 at 15:00, specialized officers from the Battambang Provincial Police Commissariat, in cooperation with the Anti-Drug Department, executed warrants against a 25-year-old woman named Somnang Sreydav. The operation took place in front of house H3 at Borey Serey Jenna on a concrete road in Chong Thnal village, Ponhea Pon commune, Prek Pnov district, Phnom Penh.
The police statement identified five court warrants connected to alleged unlawful drug trafficking. The warrants were issued by judicial officials of the Battambang Provincial Court between June 2023 and January 2026 and referred to alleged offenses in Battambang province during 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Institutional Role
The reported operation involved cooperation between a provincial police commissariat and a national anti-drug unit. That coordination reflects the operational structure used when a case has a provincial court basis but enforcement activity occurs outside the originating province.
According to the police statement, the warrants were executed under judicial authority. After the arrest, the competent officers sent the defendant to the Battambang Provincial Court for further procedure.
Operational Implications
The police listed seized items including one mobile phone, house transfer and land-house sale documents, one Cambodian national identity card, vehicle purchase documents, one vehicle information book, six ABA bank account QR sheets, and one black BYD Sealion 6 vehicle with Phnom Penh plate number 2CK-4828.
The case is relevant for tracking how Cambodian law enforcement agencies implement multiple outstanding court warrants in narcotics cases. It also provides a dated record of inter-agency coordination between provincial police and the Anti-Drug Department in the enforcement of judicial arrest and detention orders.
