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  "id": 5948956,
  "title": "Two women arrested at JKIA over alleged attempt to smuggle gold to Dubai",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/two-women-arrested-at-jkia-over-alleged-attempt-to-smuggle-gold-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T08:48:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/two-women-arrested-at-jkia-over-alleged-attempt-to-smuggle-gold-to-dubai/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two women have been arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after a multi-agency team thwarted an alleged plan to smuggle 658 grams of gold out of the country via the airport. The suspects, Mahamed Shukri Abdullahi and Sabriye Farhiyo Hussein, were apprehended early on September 4, 2026, as they got ready to board an Emirates flight to Dubai. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the pair was subjected to a search upon boarding, resulting in the discovery of the concealed gold. Abdullahi was allegedly found with a 541-gram gold bar hidden in her hair, wrapped with a hairband and tucked under her hijab. Her alleged accomplice, Hussein, had concealed a 116.79-gram gold pellet inside her bra. The total weight of the recovered suspected gold was about 658 grams. Both suspects were taken into custody and are being processed while investigations into the alleged mineral smuggling attempt continue. The DCI, collaborating with multi-agency partners, vowed to persistently dismantle illegal mining and mineral smuggling networks, safeguarding Kenya's valuable natural resources from criminal exploitation, the agency stated.",
  "summary": "Two women have been arrested at JKIA after a multi-agency team foiled an alleged attempt to smuggle 658 grams of gold out of the country through the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The suspects, Mahamed Shukri Abdullahi and Sabriye Farhiyo Hussein, were intercepted in the early hours of September 4, 2026, as they prepared to […] The post Two women arrested at JKIA over alleged attempt…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "Two women arrested at JKIA with 658 grams of suspected gold concealed under hijab, in bra",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/two-women-arrested-at-jkia-with-658-grams-of-suspected-gold-concealed",
        "published": "2026-09-06T07:07:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Two Women Arrested at JKIA Over Alleged Gold Smuggling Attempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/two-women-arrested-at-jkia-over-alleged-gold-smuggling-attempt",
        "published": "2026-09-06T07:23:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "DCI officers intercept 2 women with 658g of suspected gold at JKIA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/dci-officers-intercept-2-women-with-658g-of-suspected-gold-at-jkia",
        "published": "2026-09-06T09:07:47.000Z"
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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."
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