Background
National Police of Cambodia coordinate provincial and municipal narcotics operations and document arrests and seizures under criminal procedures. Seized substances are catalogued by weight and drug type for use as evidentiary items in prosecutions.
Anti‑narcotics activity is routinely recorded by offense category (trafficking, transport/storage, and use) and by the reporting unit, allowing national and provincial agencies to aggregate case counts and evidence quantities for internal reporting. The reporting structure supports attribution of arrests and seized items to specific police units and to participating partner units named in public police releases.
Key Developments
On 20 May, National Police reports 13 anti‑narcotics cases nationwide with 32 suspects arrested. The operational breakdown by offense type was: trafficking 4 cases (12 suspects, including 1 female), transport/storage 4 cases (6 suspects, no females reported), and use 5 cases (14 suspects, including 1 female).
Police reported total seized quantities for the date as: methamphetamine (Ice) 48.26 grams; ketamine 11.66 grams; MDMA 8.56 grams; heroin 11,084.80 grams; and cocaine 1,009.80 grams. (These totals are reported in the police release cited below.)
Enforcement Actions and Unit Breakdown
The police release lists participation by six units overall, divided between “Police” (5 units) and “PM” (3 units) as reported by the source. Reported Police unit results include:
- 1/ Municipal (listed in source as “មន្ទីរ”): possession 1 case (1 arrest); use 1 case (3 arrests); seized Ice 2.97 g.
- 2/ Battambang: trafficking 1 case (1 arrest); possession 1 case (1 arrest); use 1 case (4 arrests); seized Ice 43.89 g.
- 3/ Kampong Chhnang: use 1 case (1 arrest).
- 4/ Steung Treng: trafficking 1 case (1 arrest); seized heroin 11,084.80 g and cocaine 1,090.80 g (values as reported by the unit).
- 5/ Svay Rieng: transport/storage 2 cases (4 arrests); seized Ice 1.40 g.
Reported results for units listed under “PM” in the source include:
- 1/ Battambang: trafficking 1 case (3 arrests); use 1 case (4 arrests, including 1 female); seized ketamine 11.66 g and MDMA 8.56 g.
- 2/ Svay Rieng: trafficking 1 case (7 arrests, including 1 female).
- 3/ Preah Sihanouk: use 1 case (2 arrests).
Operational Implications
The published incident-level counts and weight measurements provide a dated record that can be used to track enforcement activity and evidence volumes at the unit and provincial level. Aggregated daily reports such as this are a primary source for constructing longitudinal datasets on police anti‑narcotics operations.
Official Source
The police release is available via the National Police social post and the police website: police.gov.kh/?p=160395 and the National Police Facebook post at the source URL above.
