German police arrest crocodile in street

German police were called on to make an unusual arrest when they had to seize a crocodile on the streets of a small town.

Police received a call at around 2am local time from a worried resident in Gross-Rohrheim, insisting there was a crocodile in the street. Initially suspicious of a hoax, police who went to investigate were stunned to find that the reports were accurate.



"It is true that the officers were not especially well trained to catch crocodiles, but they were gutsy," police said in a statement. "With a great deal of finesse, according to the officers' report, they managed to outsmart the reptile, temporarily bind up its jaws and take it into police custody."

Suspicion quickly fell on a small circus that was visiting the town at the time. Police took the offending croc back to its grateful owners.