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Essonne: a man walks with a boa on his shoulders at Evry-Courcouronnes station, the snake seized by the police

2022-05-11T15:13:06.636Z


The 25-year-old was unable to prove ownership of the reptile. The snake was seized and placed in a zoo


In the Paris region, for lack of a suitable climate, the boa is quite rare… Even more so on the lawns of the Évry-Courcouronnes RER station.

However, this Tuesday afternoon, it is of course a snake of this type that the police officers of the anti-crime brigade (BAC) fell on.

On patrol around the station, shortly before 4 p.m., they noticed a 25-year-old man with the five-foot boa on his shoulders.

"He also put it in the grass next to him, as if it were his dog," says a police source.

Intrigued, the agents ask him if he has any papers proving his ownership.

An animal prohibited on the public highway

But the young man was unable to provide any.

He was therefore invited to follow the police to the Évry-Courcouronnes police station in order to be heard by a judicial police officer.

“He explained that he had had it for five or six years, that he had bought it in Guadeloupe but that he no longer had any papers, adds a police source.

He also said he was carrying him in a backpack and taking him to the vet.”

Without being able to advance the name or address of the firm.

“Unless there is a specific decree, this type of animal cannot be on the public highway, we are told.

The atmospheric conditions are not suitable for its well-being.

And it remains dangerous for a child, for example”.

The snake was therefore removed from him, indicates the Departmental Directorate of Public Security of Essonne.

A firefighter specializing in this type of operation came to recover it, before entrusting it to a zoo in Seine-et-Marne.

Other than the confiscation of the boa, the owner of the animal has not been prosecuted.

Source: leparis

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