Exotic animals abandoned in Tetbury woods
Gloucestershire Constabulary responded following reports of a scorpion and spider.
Officers from Gloucestershire Constabulary Rural Crime team have attended a report of abandoned exotic animals in a woodland near Tetbury.
The force said they found one container housing a scorpion and another with a spider in it.
The animals have now been recovered and are being taken to a specialist outside of the county.
The police are asking anyone with information to get in contact.