Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Driver 'threatened police with snake'

A driver has allegedly threatened police with a live snake he grabbed off the road after he was pulled over by officers in Darwin.

Two constables at Marrara allegedly pulled a car over and gave the driver a breath test, which registered 0.131.

They then questioned the man, who ran onto the road and allegedly picked up a live snake.

“The driver allegedly armed himself with a live snake, pointed the head of the reptile at them and threatened them,” police said in a statement.

The officers told the man to drop the snake, but he ran into bushland still carrying it.

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