{
  "id": 5128394,
  "title": "R5,000 python deal busted as cops swoop on alleged online wildlife sellers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/r5-000-python-deal-busted-as-cops-swoop-on-alleged-online-wildlife",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T16:46:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-09-02-r5000-python-deal-busted-as-cops-swoop-on-alleged-online-wildlife-sellers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A suspected R5,000 online deal involving a live Southern African Python has landed two people in court after police traced the alleged seller and recovered the snake from a blue bag.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}