{
  "id": 544020,
  "title": "Phuket checkpoint search finds gun and bullets under BMW seat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/phuket-checkpoint-search-finds-gun-and-bullets-under-bmw-seat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T04:30:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Thaiger",
    "slug": "the-thaiger",
    "url": "https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/phuket-checkpoint-search-gun-bullets-bmw-seat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Officials detained a man after finding a gun and 9mm ammunition concealed beneath the driver’s seat of a BMW during a security checkpoint in Phuket yesterday, August 10. Mueang Phuket district officials set up the checkpoint in Koh Kaew subdistrict at about 8.30pm as part of increased efforts to prevent violent crime, drug offences, firearms … The story Phuket checkpoint search finds gun and…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}