Japan police find 80 reptiles in one-room apartment

When police raided the apartment they found dozens of snakes, including a three-metre boa constrictor, as well as a number of lizards. All were being kept in individual containers in the 10-square-metre (108 square foot) room.

Officers seized 25 of the creatures, which were being kept without the necessary permits, the official said.
The owner, a man in his 40s, was not arrested, but the case was sent to the prosecutors' office on suspicion he had violated the law on the welfare and management of animals, police said.