Anti-Drug Department unit A1, working with Phnom Penh police and coordinated by Seng Mengsrun, deputy prosecutor at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor’s office, investigated suspected drug traffickers at two locations. They detained two Vietnamese suspects and seized 51,428 ecstasy (MDMA) tablets weighing approximately 18 kilograms.
According to the Anti-Drug Department, officers spent three days, January 2–4, 2026, investigating and acting against the large suspected trafficking group in Phnom Penh. The first target was in front of house 136 on Street 369, Chbar Ampov 2 commune, Chbar Ampov district. The second was a seventh-floor condominium car park along Norodom Boulevard in Tonle Bassac commune, Chamkar Mon district. The suspects and evidence have been sent to the Anti-Drug Department for further investigation under the prescribed procedures.
The report said the operation followed orders from National Police Commissioner-General General Sar Thet, Deputy Commissioner-General Lieutenant-General Bun Pamariloch, responsible for directing anti-drug work, and Deputy Commissioner-General Lieutenant-General Prum Santhor, responsible for jointly directing anti-drug work. Anti-Drug Department director Lieutenant-General Khoeung Sarath commanded the operation directly.
By: Nget Pisant
