Police were called over a crocodile in a Devon swamp - but it turned out to just be a plastic toy.

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Officers were sent to the scene after being alerted to the ''little'' reptile by a Kingsbridge resident who was out walking their dogs, and dispatcher Lisa Burnett had confirmed on Twitter that they would look into it.

Devon and Cornwall Police later added: ''Police were notified at around 9am this morning to reports of what looked like a crocodile in a swamp in Loddiswell, Kingsbridge.

''Officers attended the scene and it later expired that this was a plastic crocodile.''