Firemen kept busy catching King Cobras

BEAUFORT: The Fire and Rescue Department here caught three King Cobras at three different locations in one day on Sunday.

District Fire and Rescue Chief Mohammad Hasbollah Nenggok said the first call was received from a resident at 1pm at Kg Rancangan Klias. The snake was caught.

 “Then at 2.40pm, the volunteer fire team in Kg Lubok caught a snake that had entered one of the houses in the village.

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“The third call was received from a resident of Taman Arjuna at 4.40pm,” he said, adding it was caught in the backyard.

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 “I advise the public not to try to act on their own to catch snakes,” he said, adding that people should call the fire department to catch them.