Police were left a little constricted when they found a python during an arrest in Strathmore on Sunday, February 23.
Police allege a 34-year-old Essendon woman attended a property on Milton Court, in Heidelberg Heights on February 23 where she allegedly damaged property.
Transit police located and arrested the Essendon woman at Strathmore Railway Station at about 9:20 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5.
During the arrest, the woman claimed she had a snake down her pants.
Officers searched the woman and located a small python.
Her slithery co-offender was safely put into a box and collected by DECA.
The woman was charged with criminal damage and trespass.
She was bailed to appear at Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, April 29.
