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  "id": 6266201,
  "title": "Hong Kong seizes HK$1.4b suspected drugs over summer as traffickers target students",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/hong-kong-seizes-hk-1-4b-suspected-drugs-over-summer-as-traffickers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T10:09:51.000Z",
  "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/3366786/hong-kong-seizes-hk14b-suspected-drugs-over-summer-traffickers-target-students"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong customs has smashed an international drug trafficking network over the summer, seizing 6.1 tonnes of suspected narcotics worth more than HK$1.4 billion (US$178.5 million) and arresting 150 people as syndicates actively recruited students during the holiday period. Acting head of the Customs and Excise Department’s drug investigation bureau Wong Ngar-lun said on Tuesday that real-time…",
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        "title": "Hong Kong seizes HK$1.4b suspected drugs over summer as traffickers target students",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/hong-kong-seizes-hk-1-4b-suspected-drugs-over-summer-as-traffickers-6266896",
        "published": "2026-09-08T10:09:51.000Z"
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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."
}