Christmas theft of boa constrictors baffles Dutch police

Boa constrictors. Dutch police are mystified how thieves got away with 24 boa constrictors from a suburban zoo in the administrative capital of The Hague, a spokesman said.(AFP/File/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)

The slippery group comprising two adult snakes stretching to 2.5 metres and 22 youngsters up to about 50 centimetres disappeared sometime on Christmas Eve.

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