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PINECREST, Fla. — Law enforcement officers in South Florida have to always be prepared for the unexpected when they clock in each day.

That was the case for an officer with the Pinecrest Police Department and a deputy with the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office who encountered a slithery surprise this week. Python hotspot in rural Palm Beach County, study says

According to a post on the police department's Facebook page , Sgt. Carlos Atola and a sheriff's deputy captured a massive Burmese python at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Southwest 98th Street.

The police department said the big reptile measured 14 feet!

The picture posted to Facebook showed the officer and deputy holding the python outside a tire shop where the snake was caught.

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