Spanish police search river after sightings of Nile crocodile

By Sam Jones in Madrid

Residents of towns in Castilla y Léon region told to stay away from banks of Pisuerga River

Police and specialist wildlife officers are using boats and a drone to search a stretch of river in north-west Spain after three sightings of what is thought to be a Nile crocodile.

People in and around the towns of Simancas and Tordesillas in the Castilla y Léon region have been told to stay away from the banks of the Pisuerga River while the search continues.

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