Crooks rob convenience store armed with pythons in goofy cannabis oil heist: 'The snake is a weapon'

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It was a snake-point robbery.

Police in Tennessee are looking for a crew of crooks who made off with $400 worth of cannabis oil from a local gas station convenience store — while armed with a menacing pair of pythons.

Surveillance footage released by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office shows the thieves at a truck stop on Highway 138 in Denmark, with one holding one of the snakes near the clerk at the counter, according to a new report by WREG-TV News.

Crooks use pythons to steal from store. — Cops in Tennessee are looking for a crew of crooks who stole $400 in cannabis oil from a gas station using two snakes Madison County Sheriffs Office

One witness told the outlet it was a frightening experience.

“They were just waving them around and putting them on the counter,” store customer Mayur Raval said. “One person brought in one snake first, and then after that he brought in another snake. One is white and one is brown or a mix.

“They pulled their car up to the front of the door,” Raval told WREG. “I think they planned to successfully come here and robe the store. The snake is a weapon, you know.”

Crooks menace clerk with pythons. — An eyewitness to the frightening heist said the crooks had two pythons that they used to menace the store clerk. Madison County Sheriffs Office

The crooks then snatched the cannabis oil and took off, fleeing the scene in a small four-door sedan.

Oddly enough, it’s not the first robbery by snake in the Volunteer State.

Last year, 26-year-old Reginald Cook was charged with attempted robbery when he tried to rob a Memphis gas station with a 5-foot snake — only to find himself out-gunned, the outlet said.

The Shell station clerk pulled out a gun and called 911.