HAMILTON, Ohio -- Police in Ohio say a suspicious package at a shipping store turned out to be a box of live boa constrictors.
Fairfield Township police say they were called Tuesday after FedEx Office employees saw two pillowcases moving when they got curious and opened the parcel at a store about 20 miles north of Cincinnati.
Officer Justen McDade says he looked in one pillowcase, saw a snake and quickly tied the pillowcase closed. A reptile rescue group was contacted and took custody of the snakes.
A local man was listed on the shipping label, and the package was addressed to a man in Phoenix, Ariz. He's been told he may not get the snakes.
McDade says authorities are trying to verify if the sender had a license for shipping snakes. No charges have been filed.
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