Police were called to a Birmingham flat after a petrified family spotted a 1.5-metre-long snake slithering across their living room floor. Fearing the serpent could be venomous, the horrified dad rushed his children to safety in another room and dialled 999.
Officers visited the address in Hodge Hill on Sunday night, June 12, and found the black and white snake hiding under a sofa. As the RSPCA was unable to attend until the morning, police were left with the task of getting the reptile into a cage, armed with a grabber and a pillow case.
A response officer could be heard on body-worn camera joking: "Do I need to record the time of arrest?" The snake was safely moved into a case and taken to a local reptile house.
