A woman taken into custody by Queensland police has stunned officers by handing over a baby koala she had been secretly carrying inside a zipped canvas bag. The East Brisbane woman, 50, was asked if she had anything to declare after her arrest on unrelated matters by officers on patrol in the city’s south on Sunday night. Photograph: Robyn Taylor-Ward/AFP/Getty ImagesThe woman and koala were taken to the Brisbane city watch house, where the RSPCA took the joey into its care. The 1.5kg koala, believed to be about six months old and slightly dehydrated but otherwise in good health, has been named Alfred, an RSPCA Queensland spokesman said. “He’s been on fluids but is doing well and will shortly be going out to a carer,” Michael Beatty said.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2016 06:48 UTC