The drug crackdown in 2022 has seized more than 14 tons of drugs and arrested 14,784 people. Among the detainees were 259 foreigners of nine nationalities, according to the National Anti-Drug Authority. The police seized more than 14 tons of drugs, including more than 60,000 cannabis plants, more than 45 kilograms of dried marijuana and more than 500 tons of chemical substances.

Police seized 144 vehicles, 1,436 motorbikes, 5,000,411 mobile phones, 395 scales, 29 firearms and 64 firearms, 39 improvised explosive devices, 5 bombs, More than 41 million riel, more than 50,000 US dollars, nearly 40,000 baht, 28 million Vietnamese dong and 700 yuan in Chinese yuan.

General Secretary of the National Authority for Combating Drugs, General Meas Virith, compared the number of drug offenses for 2022 compared to 2021, but the number of drugs seized in 2022 was 14 tons. The catch in 2021 is just over 4 tons. It should be noted that in 2021, 13,765 drug suspects were arrested.