{
  "id": 622224,
  "title": "'Free holiday' trap: 11 French nationals detained over Thailand drug haul",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/free-holiday-trap-11-french-nationals-detained-over-thailand-drug-haul",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T01:56:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/region/2026/08/1509297/free-holiday-trap-11-french-nationals-detained-over-thailand-drug-haul"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PARIS: At least eleven French nationals have been held in Thailand since the start of the summer after being arrested with several kilogrammes of cannabis in their luggage, a police source told AFP on Tuesday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}