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Chicago police seize alligator during search of home

By Ben Hooper   |   Aug. 6, 2019 at 9:50 AM

Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Police said another alligator has been located in Chicago -- this time inside a home with guns and narcotics.

The Chicago Police Department said officers executed a search warrant just before 10 p.m. Monday on a home in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

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Officers recovered multiple guns, narcotics and a live gator measuring about 3 feet long from the home.

The alligator was turned over to Chicago Animal Care and Control.

No arrests were made Monday night and the investigation is ongoing, police said.