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Article: Man accused of trying to sell venomous snakes, police report.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- January 11, 2005
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Byline: Bob Susnjara Daily Herald Staff Writer
An undercover operation led authorities to a man accused of selling poisonous snakes in a Gurnee Mills parking lot.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources spokesman Joe Bauer said the man was arrested last month after he sold police two copperheads and a puff adder for $300.
Copperheads are typically found anywhere from Massachusetts to the Florida panhandle on the East Coast, then west to Nebraska. The puff adder is a viper native to Africa.
Bauer said Monday a tipster alerted the IDNR to the man after he was discovered offering venomous reptiles on the Internet. It's illegal to sell ...