{
  "id": 1028786,
  "title": "Qatar Customs foils attempt to smuggle drugs through Abu Samra border crossing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/qatar-customs-foils-attempt-to-smuggle-drugs-through-abu-samra-border",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T11:45:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/15/08/2026/qatar-customs-foils-attempt-to-smuggle-drugs-through-abu-samra-border-crossing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "<p>Doha, Qatar: The Land Customs Department has foiled an attempt to smuggle 24.39 grams of hashish and methamphetamine (shabu), along with 30 Lyrica pills, through the Abu Samra border crossing.</p> <p>The General Authority of Customs said the seizure followed a customs inspector's suspicion of a passenger arriving through the land border crossing.</p> <p>The passenger's vehicle was subjected to…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}