Background
The National Police and the Royal Gendarmerie execute criminal investigations and arrest operations for narcotics offenses within Cambodia’s provincial and municipal jurisdictions. These security agencies report operational outcomes using standard metrics such as case counts, numbers of suspects arrested and quantities of drugs seized.
Operational coordination commonly assigns municipal or provincial police units to local investigations while gendarmerie detachments support interprovincial interdiction and custody tasks. Public reporting of arrests and seizures provides a time-stamped record for tracking enforcement activity and inter-agency collaboration.
Key Developments
On 15 June, law enforcement agencies across Cambodia conducted coordinated anti-narcotics actions resulting in 35 cases and the arrest of 105 suspects. The published report categorised the cases as 4 trade cases (28 arrested), 23 transport/storage cases (38 arrested) and 8 use cases (39 arrested). Authorities reported a total seizure of 264.32 grams of methamphetamine (ice) during the operations.
Enforcement Actions
The operation involved 13 units in total, comprised of five police units and eight Royal Gendarmerie units. Reported provincial results included:
- Phnom Penh: 1 trade case (1 arrested), 1 storage case (2 arrested), 3 use cases (7 arrested, including 1 female); 15.70 g ice seized.
- Kampong Thom: 3 use cases (30 arrested).
- Kandal: 10 storage cases (37 arrested, including 1 female); 6.15 g ice seized.
- Siem Reap (police): 1 storage case (3 arrested); 0.17 g ice seized.
- Takeo: 5 storage cases (8 arrested) and 1 arrest during a search operation (1 arrested); 11.10 g ice seized.
Royal Gendarmerie unit results included, among others: Battambang (2 storage cases, 3 arrested; 4.78 g), Kampong Cham (1 storage case, 1 arrested; 4.86 g), Preah Vihear (1 storage case, 2 arrested; 0.27 g), Prey Veng (1 trade case, 1 arrested; 51.65 g), Ratanakiri (1 use case, 1 arrested; 0.02 g), Siem Reap (2 trade cases, 26 arrested including 1 female; 1 use case, 1 arrested; 167.70 g), Preah Sihanouk (1 storage case, 1 arrested; 1.62 g) and Svay Rieng (1 storage case, 1 arrested; 0.30 g).
Institutional Role
The National Police of Cambodia publicly released the operation summary via its communication channels and referenced a detailed report on the official police website. Provincial police units and gendarmerie detachments executed arrests and handled seized evidence according to their operational responsibilities during the 15 June actions.
Source
Original operational summary published by the National Police of Cambodia: https://police.gov.kh/?p=166918 and linked public post on the National Police Facebook page.
