'Slippery customer': police snare carpet python in London park

Met officer tweets details of snake chase in Wandsworth, which came a day after two royal pythons were found in TwickenhamPolice have captured a "feisty" 1.5-metre snake that was on the loose in south London. Officers were called to a park in Wandsworth where the carpet python was found slithering along the edge of a fence.In a series of tweets, Supt Steve Wallace of the Metropolitan police revealed how a team of three officers snared the "slippery customer" - thought to have been an escaped or dumped exotic pet - using a ballistic bag. Continue reading...