{
  "id": 6132222,
  "title": "Hong Kong customs seizes 200 crickets, 13kg of cockroaches at border checkpoint",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/hong-kong-customs-seizes-200-crickets-13kg-of-cockroaches-at-border",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T11:32:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3366660/hong-kong-customs-seizes-200-crickets-13kg-cockroaches-border-checkpoint"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong customs officers have intercepted two travellers in separate cases at the Lo Wu border checkpoint for allegedly importing live insects commonly used as reptile feed. On Saturday, officers stopped a 71-year-old local man at the arrival hall and seized 200 crickets from his baggage, valued at about HK$2,000 (US$255). The following day, officers intercepted a 66-year-old local woman at the…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hong Kong Free Press",
        "title": "Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 74",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-74",
        "published": "2026-09-06T23:40:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Hong Kong customs seizes 200 crickets, 13kg of cockroaches at border checkpoint",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/hong-kong-customs-seizes-200-crickets-13kg-of-cockroaches-at-border-6132924",
        "published": "2026-09-07T11:32:31.000Z"
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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."
}