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A 400-pound alligator named Pepe was safely captured after being spotted lounging on a road in Onslow County, N.C.

Deputies issued tongue-in-cheek “citations” and shared playful photos of the nearly 10-foot reptile on Facebook

Pepe was unharmed and relocated to Camp Geiger, with officials defending the intervention as necessary for public and animal safety

A North Carolina alligator was captured on the side of the road, and its massive size prompted some comical suspicions from the officers on duty.

The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office posted a cheeky press release to its Facebook account on Wednesday, May 28, after deputies and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission shared images of the captured 400-pound, nearly 10-foot reptile, now named Pepe the Gator.

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