Nebraska police find small python in suspect's pocket during arrest

A person being arrested by the Omaha Police Department had a python in their pocket. The snake has since been taken to the Nebraska Humane Society, where it will stay for five days before going up for adoption or taken to a sanctuary.

By Kelcie Willis

OMAHA, Neb. — Police officers in Omaha, Nebraska, made a scaly discovery when conducting an arrest Friday.

WOWT reported that Omaha Police Department Crime Prevention Specialist Theola Cooper posted a photo to Twitter on Friday. The image showed one of the department's officers with a snake wrapped around his wrist.

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"If he doesn't claim it, the snake will either go up for adoption or will be taken to a sanctuary," Mark Langan with the NHS told WOWT.

"This bullhead python was found in an arrestee's pocket," Cooper tweeted.