{
  "id": 122464,
  "title": "Malaysian police investigate how pilot smuggled drugs past 4 layers of airport checks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/malaysian-police-investigate-how-pilot-smuggled-drugs-past-4-layers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-04T07:46:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3362913/malaysian-police-investigate-how-pilot-smuggled-drugs-past-4-layers-airport-checks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Malaysian police have identified a Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) security screener as a person of interest after a Malaysia Airlines pilot allegedly carried more than 70,000 Ecstasy pills through four layers of checks before the drugs were intercepted in Jakarta. Bukit Aman narcotics chief Hussein Omar Khan said on Tuesday that the airport employee assigned to the screening area used…",
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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."
}