{
  "id": 14355648,
  "title": "Bukit Aman to send officers to Japan after M’sians nabbed with cocaine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/bukit-aman-to-send-officers-to-japan-after-msians-nabbed-with-cocaine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T02:14:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/14/bukit-aman-to-send-officers-to-japan-after-m-sians-nabbed-with-cocaine"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Five Malaysians were apprehended at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday after Japanese authorities discovered a substantial quantity of cocaine concealed under their shoe insoles. The Federal police plan to dispatch an investigative team to Japan following the arrest, as reported by PETALING JAYA. Bukit Aman's narcotics criminal investigation department head, Hussein Omar Khan, stated that the officers would probe whether the suspects have connections to local or international drug networks. He also mentioned that Japanese authorities are investigating the origin of the drugs and identifying additional syndicate members, according to Harian Metro.\n\nThe five Malaysians were arrested after Japanese authorities found the cocaine, concealed beneath their shoe insoles. Each suspect was believed to have brought approximately 1kg of the drug, with 500g hidden beneath the insole of each shoe. One of the suspects claimed that he was offered RM8,000 via the Telegram messaging app to transport drugs overseas and was provided with a pair of shoes to conceal the narcotics.",
  "summary": "Federal police say the officers will investigate whether the Malaysians have ties to local or international drug syndicates.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "‘False report’: Indonesian student, not Malaysian, held in Tanjung Balai 4kg syabu case, says Bukit Aman",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/false-report-indonesian-student-not-malaysian-held-in-tanjung-balai",
        "published": "2026-10-14T01:03:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Bukit Aman to send officers to Japan after M’sians nabbed with cocaine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/bukit-aman-to-send-officers-to-japan-after-msians-nabbed-with-cocaine-14361181",
        "published": "2026-10-14T02:14:31.000Z"
      }
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  },
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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."
}