{
  "id": 10467431,
  "title": "2 ditahan bawa 690kg ketum dalam Alphard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/2-ditahan-bawa-690kg-ketum-dalam-alphard-10467431",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T13:39:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/28/2-ditahan-bawa-690kg-ketum-dalam-alphard"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Policeman Muallim Khalid Mohamad revealed that the two local suspects had drug and criminal records. In Kuala Lumpur, two men aged 21 and 31 were arrested after allegedly carrying 690kg of betel leaf worth RM27,600 in a luxurious car on the northern-southern Nearsouth Expressway (PLUS) at Kilometer 371 in the early hours of the morning yesterday. Police Officer Muallim Khalid Mohamad said that the two suspects were detained around 2 in the morning by a team of Traffic Investigation and Enforcement (JSPT) employees from Sector 7 and Sector 8, Zone North 4. Both were believed to be drug couriers for the local market. \"Inspection of the Toyota Alphard found 69 black plastic bags containing betel leaves weighing approximately 690kg with an estimated market value of RM27,600,\" he said in a statement. The police also seized the Toyota Alphard along with a remote vehicle control unit to assist the investigation. Khalid revealed that the first suspect had one drug record and five criminal records, while the second suspect had two drug records and one criminal record. Both are now detained for assisting the investigation under Section 30(3) of the Opium Act 1952.",
  "summary": "Suspek dipercayai bertindak sebagai penghantar bekalan daun ketum untuk pasaran tempatan, kata polis.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "2 ditahan bawa 690kg ketum dalam Alphard",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/2-ditahan-bawa-690kg-ketum-dalam-alphard",
        "published": "2026-09-28T13:39:00.000Z"
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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."
}