Man hands 'breast implant' into police, but it turns out to be something entirely different
A good citizen in Australia handed a ‘breast implant’ to police, after believing it to be evidence of a crime.
But when police examined the object a little closer, they soon realised that it was in fact a jellyfish.
The ‘bagged and tagged’ circular object was handed to cops in Maroochydore in Queensland last week – with the man fearing that the ‘implant’ was possible proof of a murder or drowning.
And after a series of investigations, police realised that it something altogether less sinister.
In a relieved statement, Queensland Police said: ‘Officers at Maroochydore Station were all hands on deck when, much to their initial alarm, a concerned citizen attended the counter to report a possible homicide.
‘Investigations revealed what police suspected… the item was indeed a jellyfish.’
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It’s certainly a far cry from their initial fears, and now it’s thought that the jellyfish in question is a blubber fish – which can deliver an irritating but non-dangerous sting.
Describing the specimen handed to police, Colin Sparkes of Surf Live Saving Queensland said that its ‘tentacles have been knocked off by wave action or eaten by fish.’
All things considered, it’s a pretty easy mistake to make.
