An urgent search is underway in the Lincolnshire countryside because police believe an 18-foot python may still be at large.

Two officers in Sanford safely remove a ball python from a bathroom, highlighting the unpredictable nature of their duties.

Two Sanford police officers responded to an unusual call on June 22 after a large ball python was discovered inside an apartment building bathroom.

The illegal operation was uncovered after an escaped python sparked an investigation that led police to a flat packed with hundreds of snakes hidden inside stacked plastic containers.

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