{
  "id": 642074,
  "title": "Lizards Hidden in Socks Lead to Smuggling Arrest in Tokyo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/lizards-hidden-in-socks-lead-to-smuggling-arrest-in-tokyo",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T06:45:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026081200511/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo police have arrested a Mexican national on suspicion of attempting to smuggle nine lizards into Japan by hiding them in socks in his luggage. Daniel Isaac Velasco Baltazar, 23, is suspected of attempting to import the lizards from South Korea without declaring them to customs at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, according to the Metropolitan Police Depa...",
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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."
}