Man with snake around his neck arrested in Malmö
TT/David Landes - [email protected]
Published: 9 Mar, 2009 CET.
Updated: Mon 9 Mar 2009 12:44 CET
Police in Malmö arrested a drunken man who was wandering around the city with a massive snake draped around his neck.
“The snake was at least two metres long and really thick,” Sara Johannesson told the Sydsvenskan newspaper.
The 44-year-old and his lengthy companion frightened a number of passersby who alerted police.
The man was subsequently arrested for public drunkenness.
Skåne police spokesperson Micke Persson later told the TT news agency that the snake was a boa constrictor.
The boa is now a temporary guest at the Malmö Reptile Centre while it waits for its owner to sober up at the police station.
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“The snake was at least two metres long and really thick,” Sara Johannesson told the Sydsvenskan newspaper.
The 44-year-old and his lengthy companion frightened a number of passersby who alerted police.
The man was subsequently arrested for public drunkenness.
Skåne police spokesperson Micke Persson later told the TT news agency that the snake was a boa constrictor.
The boa is now a temporary guest at the Malmö Reptile Centre while it waits for its owner to sober up at the police station.
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