A staff member of the Civil Defence Department (JPA3) was rushed to Seberang Jaya Hospital yesterday after he was bitten by a python while he and three other colleagues tried to catch the reptile in Prai, early yesterday.
Although the bite was not poisonous, the JPA3 members rushed Mazlan Abdullah, who is in his 20s, to the hospital for outpatient treatment.
The 4.20am drama unfolded when Mazlan and his colleagues received a call that the three-metre long python, weighing 10kg was spotted in a factory at the Prai industrial area.
JPA3 officer Jimmy Alberto said they subsequently managed to subdue the snake before sending Mazlan to the hospital.
Jimmy said prior to that, the team had caught another python in Titi Mukim, Teluk Air Tawar on Saturday.
He said the four-metre reptile was nabbed in a chicken coop.
He added that this month alone, seven pythons and four king cobras had been caught.
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