Background
The National Police carried out coordinated anti-narcotics operations across multiple provincial commands on 23 May 2026 as part of routine enforcement activity against drug-related offences. The National Police reported 15 anti-narcotics cases and 57 arrests on 23 May 2026.
Operational results were recorded by provincial police units and aggregate evidence was logged centrally by law enforcement. The same report recorded seizures of 213.48 grams of methamphetamine (Ice) during the operations.
Key Developments
The operations on 23 May included three offence types recorded in the report: trafficking (4 cases, 22 suspects), transport/storage (10 cases, 30 suspects) and personal use (1 case, 5 suspects). The nationwide activity involved at least seven provincial police commands and resulted in a mix of arrests from trafficking, possession and raid operations.
Institutional Role
The National Police report enumerates arrests and evidence by provincial unit to support case processing and potential prosecution by criminal justice authorities. Provincial entries in the report provide case-level details used for operational records, including number of suspects (with women noted separately) and quantities of controlled substances seized in grams.
Operational Implications
The report lists provincial outcomes as follows (English province names aligned to the report entries):
- Phnom Penh: personal-use case — 5 suspects arrested.
- Battambang: possession — 3 cases, 14 suspects (4 women); 2 raid operations — 1 additional arrest; 15.11 g Ice seized.
- Kratie: possession — 1 case, 2 suspects; 0.77 g Ice seized.
- Preah Vihear: possession — 1 case, 2 suspects; 0.43 g Ice seized.
- Pursat: raid — 1 case, 1 suspect arrested.
- Siem Reap: possession — 2 cases, 6 suspects (2 women); raid — 1 case, 1 suspect arrested; 7.39 g Ice seized.
- Takeo: trafficking — 1 case, 4 suspects; possession — 3 cases, 6 suspects; raid — 1 case, 1 suspect arrested; 41.56 g Ice seized.
The province-level entries together account for the reported totals of cases, suspects and seized methamphetamine weight noted above.
Official Source
Original reporting by the National Police of Cambodia: source post and agency summary as published on 23 May 2026 (see source URL).
