The leopard skull police found in Claremont Road, Surbiton. Pic credit: MPSKingstonTnC
A fully-intact leopard skull listed for sale on eBay lead to a raid and seizure by police in Surbiton.
PC Hayley Parkes, wildlife officer, discovered the skull on eBay. Following this officers carried out a search warrant in Claremont Road earlier today.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed the item taken was thought to be a leopard skull.
No arrests were made but the investigation continues.
MPSKingstonTnC tweeted: “Typical day for the MPSKingston wildlife crime officer – just executed a search warrant and seized a leopard skull.”
The seized skull. Pic credit: Kingston police
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