A snake handler showing the cobra caught near a security guard post at Jalan Katelia in Krokop here last night.
MIRI (Aug 1): The Miri Civil Defence Force (APM Miri) personnel caught a one-metre-long cobra near a security guard post at Jalan Katelia in Krokop here last night.
APM Miri in a statement, said they received a call at 9.57pm from a security guard on duty who requested for assistance to capture a snake.
“Upon receiving the call, a team of four snake handlers went to the location and met with the complainant. The complainant said that he spotted a snake near the security guard post,” it said.
APM Miri said the team later found the one-metre-long cobra on a fence next to the security guard post and managed to catch it moments later.
It was later released into its natural habitat.
The operation ended at 10.15pm.