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KOCHI: Panic gripped Eloor on Friday morning after a 10-foot-long python was spotted near a bag manufacturing unit near Kasthurba school at Manjummal.Employees working in the unit noticed the snake and alerted fire and rescue team. "We managed to put the snake in a plastic bag and took it to the fire station with us. By the time we reached the spot, some residents had managed to trap the snake. We caught the snake from near a well in the area," said a fire force personnel.The official added that about 10 employees, including women, work in the bag-making unit and the snake was immediately removed from the spot. A team from Kodanadu was alerted about the incident," he said.Officials said that the snake had a decent 'stay' at the fire station till an employee of a flying squad unit of the forest department reached Eloor to take the snake away..