{
  "id": 1872605,
  "title": "Free State police seize R6.2 million in suspected counterfeit cigarettes, suspect arrested",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/free-state-police-seize-r6-2-million-in-suspected-counterfeit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T04:47:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-08-19-free-state-police-seize-r62-million-in-suspected-counterfeit-cigarettes-suspect-arrested/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 57-year-old foreign national man has been arrested after Free State police seized suspected counterfeit cigarettes worth an estimated R6.2 million at a house in Welkom.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}