BEAUFORT: A 1.5-metre-long crocodile weighing 20kg was captured after it reportedly entered a house compound in Kampung Lajau, last Thursday.
Beaufort Civil Defence Force (APM) Officer Captain Hazlee Shah Abd Hamid said a team was dispatched to the scene immediately after receiving an emergency call at 12.50am.
“The crocodile was secured using a special snare before being tied up and brought to the APM base.
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In Kampung Kabajang, a resident and his wife managed to trap a baby cobra that had entered their home.
“My wife quickly covered it with a bucket. I then stepped on it until it died. Our house is close to a forest and I believe the mother snake is still nearby,” he said.
In a separate incident at Beaufort Sentral on Wednesday, a trader, Norhayani Awang, had a shocking encounter when a baby python was found hiding beneath her vehicle.
She called her husband and son, who later managed to capture the reptile.