{
  "id": 6702444,
  "title": "Airport theft cases fall, but narcotics smuggling rises at King Shaka, OR Tambo and Cape Town airports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/airport-theft-cases-fall-but-narcotics-smuggling-rises-at-king-shaka",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T03:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/mercury/news/2026-09-11-airport-theft-cases-fall-but-narcotics-smuggling-rises-at-king-shaka-or-tambo-and-cape-town-airports/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Parliamentary data shows reported theft cases at OR Tambo, Cape Town and King Shaka airports fell from 631 in 2023/24 to 586 in 2025/26, while narcotics cases increased from 28 to 48.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}