Department of Civil Defence (JPAM) personnel in Terengganu helped to catch 41 snakes which entered peoples’ homes in just two days this week owing to the floods.

State JPAM officer Lt (PA) Nor Asmawi Abdul Mutalib said the reptiles were caught on Sunday and Monday and were handed over to the relevant authorities.

    

“We caught 41 poisonous snakes, including cobras, on the two days,” he said, adding that no one was harmed by the reptiles.

    

Nor Asmawi said snakes would seek refuge when their nests were inundated during the floods and they usually targeted peoples’ homes.

    

He said he expected more cases of people summoning JPAM personnel to remove snakes by the time the floodwaters subsided.

    

People who come across snakes could contact JPAM through the state or district flood operations centres which were open round the clock, he added.

- Bernama