Cops find crocodile when they smell pot
MANITOWOC, Wis. — Investigators answering a call to search a house that smelled of marijuana found pot and a croc when they got inside.
That's a crocodile, found Thursday in the basement of the residence, according to Manitowoc County Metro Drug Unit officers, who were called to search the home when sheriff's deputies' noses were tickled as they looked for a man wanted on a warrant.
Six teens. a half pound of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and items indicative of drug sales were found were inside, Lt. Dave Remiker said.
The crocodile, native to southern Florida, the Caribbean, parts of Mexico and the Central American coast to Venezuela and not permitted within Manitowoc city limits, was neglected and possibly in poor health, investigators said. They turned the reptile over to Wildlife of Wisconsin, a nonprofit that usually rehabilitates snowy owls this time of year.
The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending, Remiker said.
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