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  "id": 2404290,
  "title": "NST Leader: Plugging the gaps in border security",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/nst-leader-plugging-the-gaps-in-border-security",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:50:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/leaders/2026/08/1516260/nst-leader-plugging-gaps-border-security"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "FOR decades, drug cartels have developed sophisticated methods to evade detection, favouring deep-sea transit and commercial container fraud because the bigger payloads mean bountiful profits.",
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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."
}