{
  "id": 14651319,
  "title": "Customs seizes RM162mil in drugs, including 460kg hidden in cemetery hut",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/customs-seizes-rm162mil-in-drugs-including-460kg-hidden-in-cemetery",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T08:18:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1556152/customs-seizes-rm162mil-drugs-including-460kg-hidden-cemetery-hut"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In September and October, the Malaysian Customs Department seized a staggering 1,194.56kg of drugs, with a total value of RM161.667 million. The seized substances were divided into four cases, with the largest portion consisting of 460.31kg of heroin and cocaine combined, valued at RM23.0155 million.\n\nCustoms Director-General Datuk Seri Amran Ahmad revealed that the drugs were concealed in various locations. On September 26, during an inspection of 16 boxes at Kuala Lumpur International Airport bound for Australia, Customs discovered 285 plastic packets containing a white crystalline powder, which weighed 293.60kg and was valued at RM14.68 million.\n\nThe second case involved the seizure of two sacks containing 33kg of cannabis worth RM99,000 concealed under an illegal jetty along Sungai Perlis in Perlis. In a more recent operation on October 10, Customs found 17 brown boxes in a Siamese cemetery in Jejawi, Perlis. Inside these boxes, officers uncovered 228 packets of suspected methamphetamine weighing 460.31kg and worth RM23.0155 million.\n\nThe final case involved the seizure of 161kg of heroin and 246.65kg of cocaine, valued at RM123.8725 million, hidden inside a compressor machine destined for Dhaka, Bangladesh. The cases are currently under investigation under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act.",
  "summary": "NILAI: The Customs Department seized 1,194.56kg of drugs worth RM161.667 million in four cases in Selangor and Perlis in September and October.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Vibes",
        "title": "Customs seizes RM162m in drugs, including 460kg hidden in cemetery hut",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/customs-seizes-rm162m-in-drugs-including-460kg-hidden-in-cemetery-hut",
        "published": "2026-10-15T06:28:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}