Tokyo man caught with 51 snakes after one bites him: police

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

TOKYO (AFP) — A Japanese man who illegally kept some of the world's most venomous snakes in his tiny Tokyo apartment was arrested after calling an ambulance when one of them bit him, reports said Wednesday.

Nobukazu Kashiwagi, a 41-year-old port worker, was arrested for keeping the dangerous reptiles without proper permission, police told AFP.

His secret got out after he was bitten by an eastern green mamba, a highly venomous southeast African snake among the 51 he kept.

He called an ambulance and was rushed to hospital where he briefly lost consciousness, Jiji Press said, adding he was arrested after returning home.

Media reports said a woman had earlier complained about being bitten by a snake after visiting the man in the trendy Shibuya area....

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