Virginia police find alligator outside motel

The Fairfax County Police Service, located in the American state of Virginia, replied to a appellant who said he saw an alligator early on Monday morning.

The reptile was located outside a motel just 20 minutes south of Washington DC.

Police told the BBC that he had determined that the owner was carrying the New York Alligator to a North Carolina Zoo when he escaped.

Due to a Virginia code which prohibits the possession of certain non -native exotic animals, the alligator and its owner were escorted outside the county, officials said.