{
  "id": 12809855,
  "title": "Police hunt mystery client who paid US$49,500 to charter jet in Laos drug bust",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/police-hunt-mystery-client-who-paid-us-49-500-to-charter-jet-in-laos",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T06:18:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1550453/police-hunt-mystery-client-who-paid-us49500-charter-jet-laos-drug-bust"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Police are hunting the person who paid US$49,500 (RM202,250) to charter a private jet to traffic 521kg of crystal methamphetamine from Laos to the Philippines.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}