Oct. 7, 2010 / 1:22 PM

Gator sobers up in drunk tank

PIERRELATTE, France, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- French police said an escaped alligator was brought in by a woman and spent the night in the jail's drunk tank.

Police in Pierrelatte said a woman found the Chinese alligator, which measured only about 3 feet long, outside of a restaurant Tuesday and brought it to the police station, Radio France Internationale reported Thursday.

The reptile, which does not have strong enough jaws to attack humans, spent the night in a cell designed for drunk suspects and the following day was returned to a nearby crocodile farm.

Samuel Martin, who runs the crocodile farm, said the alligator escaped two months ago with another reptile that is still on the loose.

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