Anything to declare? Arrested Australian hands over bag containing baby koala

'The officers cautiously unzipped the bag and found this gorgeous boy,' Queensland police say of Alfred the joey

A woman taken into custody by Queensland police has stunned officers by handing over a baby koala she had been secretly carrying inside a zipped canvas bag.

The East Brisbane woman, 50, was asked if she had anything to declare after her arrest on unrelated matters by officers on patrol in the city's south on Sunday night. She produced the bag, saying it contained a joey.