🇰🇭 Cambodia
4 reports of cannabis enforcement.
Totals add up only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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Latest reports
Cambodia charges five Britons over 97 kg of cannabis and heroin at its new airport
Kandal Provincial Court charged five British men with possession, trafficking and transport under Article 40 after two stops at Techo International Airport. On 6 September officers seized about 18 kg of cannabis and heroin from two of them; on 9 September they found 73.017 kg of dried cannabis and 6.219 kg of white powder suspected to be heroin in the luggage of the other three.
Cambodia reports 16,498 drug suspects in seven months
An Anti-Drug Department report counted 16,498 drug suspects in January–July 2026, 10% more than the 14,977 a year earlier; 889 were foreigners. Authorities seized 2.51 tonnes of illicit drugs and 105 kg of dried cannabis, against 1.91 tonnes in the same period of 2025. The figures cover all drugs.
Cambodia jails two Britons for a 19.9 kg cannabis export attempt
The Phnom Penh municipal court sentenced two British nationals to 14 and 10 years and a total 24 million riel fine for using, possessing, trafficking and transporting cannabis. They had been arrested at Phnom Penh airport on 17 June 2025 with 19.9 kg of dried cannabis before a UK flight. The 14-year term exceeds the 5–10 year band for 8–20 kg, suggesting aggravation or a charging issue.
Cambodia reports nearly 15,000 drug arrests in seven months
A report by Cambodia's Anti-Drug Department counted 14,977 people arrested for drug offences between January and July 2025, 2.7% more than in the same period a year earlier; 537 of them were foreigners. Seizures included 505 kg of dried cannabis and 12,212 fresh cannabis plants, out of 1.91 tonnes of drugs in all.
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