Pleasing 4 Pets

Many hundreds of exotic animals were recently discovered by police officers who stormed two neighbouring houses in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

In addition to the animals, a hoard of drugs, various items of jewellery and a machete were unearthed at the houses located in the Fitton Hill area of Oldham.

Startled police officers stumbled on massive swarms of black beetles before confiscating hundred of other animals, including 14 Gecko lizards, 4 snakes, a number of snapping turtles and some chickens.

One of the officers involved in the raid carried out by Greater Manchester police revealed that the house was ‘like a zoo’.

Other animals removed from the properties included an 18ft boa constrictor, a number of Macaw parrots and hundreds of lizards, mice, beetles and various other insects.

Another of the officers involved said:-

“The boa constrictor was as thick as a rolled up carpet and there were thousands of insects, they were the worst.

All the insects were running around, large black beetles, big horrible things with antennas, two to three inches long. The noise was horrendous, swarms of them. It was like searching in jungle conditions”.

After the search Greater Manchester environmental health officers and a local vet were drafted in to look after the animals and began the mammoth task of attempting to re-house them.