{
  "id": 922959,
  "title": "Tobacconist charged over black market empire, weeks after his bloody kidnapping",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/tobacconist-charged-over-black-market-empire-weeks-after-his-bloody",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T23:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/tobacconist-charged-over-black-market-empire-weeks-after-his-bloody-kidnapping-20260813-p60nzo.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Sydney tobacconist was kidnapped, and bashed and bloodied when rescued by police. The next month he was sitting in prison, charged over an illegal tobacco racket.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Tobacconist charged over black market empire, weeks after his bloody kidnapping",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/tobacconist-charged-over-black-market-empire-weeks-after-his-bloody-923084",
        "published": "2026-08-14T23:50:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}