The Chatham County Police Department in Georgia recently released footage of officers “arresting” and loading an alligator into a police cruiser after making an unwelcome appearance in a resident’s driveway near Savannah.

Bodycam footage shows officers taping the gator’s mouth and restraining the reptile before loading him into the back of a police car. The reptile was later shown being released into the wild.

“When an unwelcome visitor showed up in this neighborhood Thursday evening, our Cpl. Blackledge and Cpl. Stapleton took action,” the agency said on Facebook. “Watch how they captured the gator, wrangled him into the back of a patrol car, and released it back into the wild.”

The Chatham County Police Department told Fox News Digital that such alligator sightings are not uncommon in the area.

“There have been several instances in the last few years where our officers have encountered an alligator and returned it to the wild,” the department said. “We’re proud of Corporals Blackledge and Stapleton for working quickly and calmly to move this gator from a neighborhood and to the Ogeechee River where it belongs. It takes a lot of bravery to hold a gator and tape its mouth closed so it can be transported. But, the adrenaline really gets flowing when you untape a gator’s mouth and set it free.”