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Cop searching car finds something unexpected — and venomous, Colorado police say

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A police officer made a venomous discovery during a car search, Colorado officials said.

A police officer made a venomous discovery during a car search, Colorado officials said.

Screengrab from @Wheatridgepolice on X.

Drug paraphernalia in “plain sight” led a police officer to a venomous discovery while conducting a car search, Colorado officials said.

While checking the car on May 26, the officer found a plastic bin, body camera footage from the Wheat Ridge Police Department posted on X, formerly Twitter, shows.

That’s when he found a live rattlesnake.

“Does he have any other thing that might bite me?” the officer can be heard saying in the video.

The car’s owner had lent the vehicle to a friend and was taking an Uber back to the location, officials said.

Officials said on X there will be no charges against the vehicle owner, but they’re trying to contact the friend because they “have a lot of questions.”

Wheat Ridge is about a 6-mile drive northwest of Denver.

Paloma Chavez is a reporter covering real-time news on the West Coast. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California.

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