Ohio cop cautions driver over a kangaroo called Scooby-Roo

Cincinnati: An Ohio police department says an officer encountered an unexpected traveller during a traffic stop: A kangaroo named "Scooby-Roo."

‘Scooby-Roo’ as pictured by an officer of the Norwood police department.

Officer Phil Harvey of the Norwood Police Department, which serves a Cincinnati suburb, said he met the "adorable" kangaroo during an early-morning traffic stop on Thursday.

He pulled over a pickup truck with a livestock trailer for "several violations" and began speaking with the driver.

Harvey soon learned that the livestock trailer contained two ostriches. Then he noticed the passenger seat contained a pouch that was moving.

What's in the bag? he asked.

"It's a kangaroo," the driver replied, according to Harvey.

Another kangaroo. Not Scooby-RooCredit:Simone De Peak

The animal peeked out of a colourful pouch and bobbed its head. However, the animal was "not properly restrained" and the driver was cautioned.

Harvey said the driver told him that Scooby-Roo was being transported from Missouri to its new home in Columbus, Ohio. According to Norwood police, the driver didn't own the kangaroo, he was just dropping it off.

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