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29 pythons captured in drain behind restaurant in Shah Alam
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department deputy director (Operations) Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the reptiles were all captured within 12 minutes before being released at a safer place. - JBPM Selangor
SHAH ALAM: Twenty-eight baby pythons and their mother were captured by a team of rescuers in a drain behind a restaurant in Section 20 near here last night.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department deputy director (Operations) Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said they received a distress call about the snakes being spotted at the location at 9.56 pm and a team of six rescuers from Shah Alam fire and rescue station was mobilised.
"At the scene, they found what appeared to be 28 newly-hatched baby pythons, along with their mother, slithering in the drain," he said in a statement today.
Ahmad Mukhlis said the reptiles were all captured within 12 minutes before being released at a safer place.
-- BERNAMA
