{"asset":"news","key":"6633","locale":"en","id":"news:6633:en","entityId":"news:6633","canonicalUrl":"https://www.kps-tv.com/en/news/detail/6633","state":"ready","title":"Phnom Penh Gendarmerie seizes 2,600 boxes of e-cigarettes and detains a Chinese man","summary":"DAP reported that gendarmes seized 13 cartons containing 2,600 boxes of FISCO e-cigarettes in Sen Sok on May 16 and detained a 28-year-old Chinese site owner for further legal procedures.","body":"According to a DAP News report published on May 17, 2026, the Phnom Penh Gendarmerie and its Sen Sok district unit inspected a location suspected of secretly selling e-cigarettes in Kok Khleang commune, Sen Sok district, at midday on May 16. A deputy prosecutor of the prosecutor’s office attached to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court coordinated the legal procedures, with participation by local authorities.\nOfficers seized 13 cartons of FISCO e-cigarettes containing a total of 2,600 boxes and detained a 28-year-old Chinese site owner. The report identified him as XIE SU LONG and said further legal procedures would follow.\n\nPhotograph from this site’s contemporaneous report on the May 16, 2026 e-cigarette inspection in Sen Sok.\n\nThe same report quoted the Phnom Penh Gendarmerie as reiterating that the import, distribution, advertising and storage of all types of e-cigarettes and shisha were prohibited.\nThe report also relayed the gendarmerie’s appeal for the public to provide information about relevant leads through hotline 1291 or its official social media accounts.","contentScope":"full","proof":{"publishedSourceRevision":"1","publishedWorkingVersionId":"13751","languageVersionId":"7667","visibilityVersion":"2","versionToken":"a1.rCIYfKSUGrwBBZijf1VC5J4wI_iQsyPiYpwfYElYC5k"},"availableLocales":["zh","en","km"],"attributes":{"sourceLocale":"zh","translationKind":"machine","nodeId":"172","authorText":"","sourceName":"KPS99TV"},"references":[],"links":[],"publishedAt":"2026-05-17T02:33:42Z"}