{
  "id": 18129381,
  "title": "Customs foils attempts to smuggle RM2.2mil in drugs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/customs-foils-attempts-to-smuggle-rm2-2mil-in-drugs-18129381",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T13:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/11/04/customs-foils-attempts-to-smuggle-rm2-2mil-in-drugs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Selangor customs officials thwarted attempts to smuggle two separate shipments of drugs, worth over RM2.24 million, in August and September. The seizure, under operations Mekong Dragon VII and Shieldgate, involved 44.78kg of ketamine and cannabis buds, found in three courier parcels at a company's mail centre in Sepang on August 13 and a motorcycle in Jeli, Kelantan, on October 13. The drugs were concealed as plastic wrap, fabric, stethoscopes, and air filters, with the European-imported ketamine valued at RM2.22 million. In the second operation, an unregistered motorcyclist attempted to flee after being followed, leaving behind a package containing 0.28kg of suspected cannabis buds, valued at RM22,880.",
  "summary": "In the first case, 44.78kg of ketamine was found in three parcels at a courier company's mail centre in Sepang on Aug 13.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}