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muriel_volestrangler

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Fri Jan 19, 2018, 04:37 PM Jan 2018

Crocodile found in Russian weapons raid in St Petersburg [View all]

Russian police searching for illegal weapons in a St Petersburg house faced a scaly surprise in the basement: a two-metre (6.5ft) Nile crocodile.

Police said the reptile did not cause any injuries - but now they must find a new home for it. Russian media say the house is used by a nationalist group.

A stockpile of illegal arms was found in the raid, in the city's Peterhof suburb, RIA Novosti news reports.

It included explosive devices and copies of Kalashnikov assault rifles.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42744733

Florida has a long way to go before it catches up with the original St Petersburg ...
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