Mangaluru: Local youth captured three pythons hidden inside a factory near Boloor on Thursday and handed it over to Pilikula Nisargadhama.

These pythons were found inside the factory by a local woman. She immediately informed local youth about it, who captured the same.

Suman, Harshith, Shravan, Ashith, Abhilash carried the operation.

Suman and Harshith are expert snake catchers who have already rescued 60-70 pythons and this was the 16th python caught in a month.