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SNAKES AS WEAPONS!

Crooks slither away with $400 drug haul thanks to pythons

crooks robbing a gas station store in Tennessee were armed with some unlikely deadly weapons — a pair of pythons! The thieves — two men and two women — targeted a truck-stop market on Highway 138 in the town of Denmark. A witness says it was a very sss-scary experience! “They pulled their car up to the front of the door,” recounts Mayur Raval, who was a customer in the store during the stickup. “I think they planned to successfully come here and rob the store. The snake is a weapon, you know! “One person brought in one snake first, and then after that he brought in another snake. One [was] white and one

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standing behind the counter. One of the thugs suddenly shoved the serpent closer to the terrified man, who backed away. The bandits made off with $400 worth of cannabis oil, fleeing the scene in a small four-door sedan. Police are currently looking for the vehicle, which has a trunk that’s tied with bungee cords. Pythons are not venomous, so their bite won’t kill, but they can constrict their prey, causing

[was] brown or a mix.” Surveillance footage released by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office shows the male hoodlums slowly approaching the salesclerk, who was

cardiac arrest and death.

Pythons aren’t venomous so their bite won’t kill

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