PHNOM PENH, Dec. 1 — Cambodia has reported an increase in the number of people arrested, but a decrease in the amount of narcotics seized in the first 11 months of 2025, said an Anti-Drug Department (ADP)’s report on Monday.
The authorities had detained 24,168 drug-related suspects during the January-November period this year, up 2.4 percent from 23,601 over the same period last year, the report said, adding that 870 of the suspects were foreigners.
“A total of 5.77 tons of illicit drugs had been confiscated from those suspects’ possession during the period from Jan. 1 to Nov. 30, 2025,” the report said.
The report added that the amount of confiscated narcotics represented a significant drop from 13.3 tons seized during the first 11 months of 2024.
Most of the confiscated narcotics were ketamine, ecstasy, heroin, crystal methamphetamine, methamphetamine pills, cocaine, and cathinone.
The Southeast Asian nation has no death sentence for illicit drug traffickers.
Under its law, those found guilty of trafficking more than 80 grams of illicit drugs could be imprisoned for life. (Namibia Daily News/Xinhua)
