Maintenance worker lucky to dodge deadly tiger snake in city garage

A DEADLY tiger snake made itself at home in a CBD apartment block car park, before being discovered by a maintenance worker who thought it was harmless.

A DEADLY tiger snake made itself at home in a CBD apartment block car park, before being discovered by a maintenance worker who thought it was harmless.

The snake was hiding under wheelie bins at the Swanston St garage, when the worker discovered it and mistook it for a common python.

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The large tiger snake after its capture. Picture: Nine News

One of Australia’s deadliest snakes has been found in a garage beneath a city apartment block. @MScanlan7 reports. https://t.co/cR56P1xLdK

— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) December 6, 2016

Luckily, he thought twice about picking up the slippery surprise, and called in the experts.

The venomous snakes have been spotted in Elwood, Port Melbourne, Toorak, Brunswick and Abbotsford in recent months.