Acting under government orders imposing measures to prohibit the import, distribution, advertising, use, possession, production and storage of all types of electronic smoking devices, chemicals for smoking and shisha, the operation aimed to curb, prevent and address related problems promptly, maintain social order and protect public health, especially the health of students and education personnel.
On January 9, 2026, specialists from the Phnom Penh Gendarmerie’s Anti-Drug Crime Office worked with Tuol Kork district gendarmerie personnel, with procedural coordination by Sin Raksa, deputy prosecutor attached to the Phnom Penh Court of First Instance, to raid premises selling and distributing electronic cigarettes (vapes) in an unnumbered house in Village 10, Boeung Kak 2 sangkat, Tuol Kork district, Phnom Penh.
During the operation, officers seized more than 2,000 electronic smoking devices and related heads, comprising 769 electronic-cigarette units and 1,930 vaping heads. They also detained two owners of the premises and sent them to Phnom Penh Gendarmerie headquarters for action under legal procedures without exception.
By: Pai Sokhim
