{
  "id": 4815281,
  "title": "Malaysian police smash cross-border drug ring, seize US$1 million of meth disguised as tea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/malaysian-police-smash-cross-border-drug-ring-seize-us-1-million-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T07:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3365958/malaysian-police-smash-cross-border-drug-ring-seize-us1-million-meth-disguised-tea"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Malaysian police have crippled a cross-border drug syndicate with the seizure of 86.2kg of methamphetamine worth 4.31 million ringgit (US$1 million) in Penang and Selangor. The bust resulted from intelligence sharing between Malaysian and Thai police after Thai authorities seized 166kg (370lbs) of suspected methamphetamine from a Malaysian man in Hua Hin on August 8. Penang police chief Dennis…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}