Police Arrest Python - Melbourne
Apr 6th 2005, 9:34 am
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Police Arrest Python - Melbourne
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Police arrest python
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POLICE in Melbourne have apprehended their most slippery customer yet, taking into custody a 2m python.
St Kilda Sergeant Peter Easton said the snake was found in public gardens in St Kilda near Luna Park by a group of men who picked it up and flagged down a police car.
Inside the car was Sergeant Rod Stormonth, of nearby Caufield Police Station, who said the incident was the strangest thing he had encountered in 15 years of policing.
Not game to take the snake from around the neck of one of the men, he called a snake handler.
"I wasn't keen on putting him in the back of the police car," he said.
But when the expert was delayed, Sgt Stormonth said he "assisted" in getting the snake into a sealed box on the back seat of the car.
He then drove it to his colleagues at St Kilda.
The snake was still there this morning as police tried to find its owner.
"It's obviously a pet because it was used to being handled by humans," Sgt Stormonth said.
Sgt Stormonth said he had seen some strange things in St Kilda but the snake topped the list.
However, Sgt Easton said he was accustomed to these sorts of arrests.
Asked how handling the snake compared to general policing duties, Sgt Easton said it was "not much different".
"He was keen to wrap himself around us and make our life a misery, he spoke with a forked tongue and he was a very slippery customer," Sgt Easton said.
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Police arrest python
06apr05
POLICE in Melbourne have apprehended their most slippery customer yet, taking into custody a 2m python.
St Kilda Sergeant Peter Easton said the snake was found in public gardens in St Kilda near Luna Park by a group of men who picked it up and flagged down a police car.
Inside the car was Sergeant Rod Stormonth, of nearby Caufield Police Station, who said the incident was the strangest thing he had encountered in 15 years of policing.
Not game to take the snake from around the neck of one of the men, he called a snake handler.
"I wasn't keen on putting him in the back of the police car," he said.
But when the expert was delayed, Sgt Stormonth said he "assisted" in getting the snake into a sealed box on the back seat of the car.
He then drove it to his colleagues at St Kilda.
The snake was still there this morning as police tried to find its owner.
"It's obviously a pet because it was used to being handled by humans," Sgt Stormonth said.
Sgt Stormonth said he had seen some strange things in St Kilda but the snake topped the list.
However, Sgt Easton said he was accustomed to these sorts of arrests.
Asked how handling the snake compared to general policing duties, Sgt Easton said it was "not much different".
"He was keen to wrap himself around us and make our life a misery, he spoke with a forked tongue and he was a very slippery customer," Sgt Easton said.
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