Ten-foot python found during sideshow bust in San Francisco Bay Area

Vallejo police retrieved snake in car after 10-mile chase in crackdown of sideshow involving roughly 500 vehicles

A 10ft-long python was discovered in a vehicle during a bust of an illegal sideshow in the San Francisco Bay Area that attracted hundreds of people, authorities say.

The Vallejo police department said officials received multiple calls around 11.12pm on Friday of a sideshow involving roughly 500 vehicles in the Bay Area city. Drivers were blocking traffic, beaming lasers into the eyes of other motorists and spinning their vehicles, according to a police statement.