{
  "id": 18418501,
  "title": "Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/peru-airport-officials-discover-3-000-tarantulas-smuggled-inside",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T01:22:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/06/3000-tarantulas-smuggled-inside-dirty-socks-peru"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Three suitcases’ worth of the spiders were on their way to Germany, where they could fetch an estimated €1.5m More than 3,000 tarantulas were seized at an airport in Lima on their way to Germany, Peruvian authorities said. The spiders were hidden inside dirty socks contained in three suitcases carried by two Germans and a Polish citizen, the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) told…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Peru airport thwarts plot to smuggle 3,000 tarantulas in dirty socks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/peru-airport-thwarts-plot-to-smuggle-3-000-tarantulas-in-dirty-socks",
        "published": "2026-11-05T22:39:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "More than 3,000 tarantulas hidden in dirty socks seized at Peru airport, bound for Germany",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/more-than-3-000-tarantulas-hidden-in-dirty-socks-seized-at-peru",
        "published": "2026-11-06T00:56:27.000Z"
      }
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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."
}