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check it out.
I made identical array like yours
.php
$blah = array('id' => 8, 'items' => array(array('sub' => 'ac9876'),array('sub' => 'Pb8922'), array('sub' => 'Xo76549')));
$this->assign('blah', $blah);
.tpl
{foreach from=$blah.items item=b}
{$b.sub}
{/foreach}
output:
ac9876
Pb8922
Xo76549