Cop searching car finds something unexpected — and venomous, Colorado police say

Drug paraphernalia in “plain sight” led a police officer to a venomous discovery while conducting a car search, Colorado officials said.

While checking the car on May 26, the officer found a plastic bin, body camera footage from the Wheat Ridge Police Department posted on X, formerly Twitter, shows.

That’s when he found a live rattlesnake.

“Does he have any other thing that might bite me?” the officer can be heard saying in the video.

The car’s owner had lent the vehicle to a friend and was taking an Uber back to the location, officials said.

Officials said on X there will be no charges against the vehicle owner, but they’re trying to contact the friend because they “have a lot of questions.”

Wheat Ridge is about a 6-mile drive northwest of Denver.

This story was originally published May 29, 2024 at 3:20 PM with the headline "Cop searching car finds something unexpected — and venomous, Colorado police say."