Background
Drug enforcement reporting is part of Cambodia’s internal security administration because narcotics cases are handled through criminal policing, arrests, and evidence seizure procedures. The National Police of Cambodia is a national law-enforcement institution responsible for public order, criminal policing, and security functions within Cambodia’s internal security system. Daily narcotics reporting creates an administrative record of enforcement activity by case type, location, suspect count, and seized substance.
Narcotics enforcement statistics commonly separate cases by activity type, including trafficking, transportation, storage or possession, and use. These categories help distinguish supply-side criminal cases from consumption-related offenses in enforcement records. Seizure data identifying methamphetamine, ketamine, and MDMA allows authorities and researchers to track substances appearing in criminal investigations.
The National Police notice for 8 May records a nationwide enforcement result rather than a new regulation or court decision. Its long-term reference value comes from documenting how Cambodia’s security institutions report narcotics operations, participating units, arrest numbers, and seized evidence in a standardized public format.
Enforcement Actions
The National Police of Cambodia reported 12 narcotics-related enforcement cases nationwide on 8 May, with 33 suspects detained. The reported case categories included three trafficking cases involving 17 detainees, including three women; eight transportation or storage cases involving 15 detainees; and one drug-use case involving one detainee.
The seized evidence listed in the official report included 99.28 grams of methamphetamine, 1,006.17 grams of ketamine, and 684.90 grams of MDMA. The report presented these figures as the total evidence seized during the day’s operations.
Institutional Role
The official update stated that six units participated in the reported operations: three police units and three PM units. Police-related entries included the Department, Kampong Chhnang, and Kandal, while PM-related entries included Kratie, Phnom Penh, and Siem Reap.
Kandal was listed with seizures of methamphetamine, ketamine, and MDMA, including 1,004.40 grams of ketamine and 684.90 grams of MDMA. Siem Reap was listed with a trafficking case involving 14 detainees, including three women, and 62.53 grams of methamphetamine.
Operational Implications
The report shows how Cambodia’s narcotics enforcement records combine national totals with unit-level operational data. For public security monitoring, the useful elements are the number of cases, the arrest count, the category of alleged offense, the participating enforcement unit, and the type and amount of seized substance.
The official notice was published by the National Police of Cambodia and is available at the linked source: https://police.gov.kh/?p=157355.
