A pet python called ‘Bread’ has been confiscated by New South Wales Police on Wednesday after the snake’s owner started showing him off on a train.

Bread, a one-metre diamond python, was pulled out of a backpack by a 20-year-old man on a northbound Central Coast train, with worried passengers calling the police concerned for the snake’s safety.

Police met the man at Woy Woy train station, 80 km north of Sydney, at 1 am and took the yellow and black snake when the owner said he didn’t have a permit for it.

“If I could give one piece of advice, don’t get your snake out on a train,” Brisbane Waters Police Commander Superintendent Danny Sullivan said.

The man was expected to be arrested for possessing and displaying protected fauna which carries a penalty of $300, police said.

Bread was taken to the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, 50 km north of Sydney, and was in good health, Sullivan added.

– Reuters