![Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: A hand out picture released by Queensland police on November 7, 2016 shows a police officer taking care of a baby koala in Brisbane. AFP/Queensland Police/Taylor-Ward.RobynL[CCC]](https://mpics.mgronline.com/pics/Images/559000011513901.JPEG)
Australian police uncovered a baby koala hidden in the bag of a woman they stopped in the street.
The 50-year-old, who was being spoken to on unrelated matters on Sunday evening, stunned Brisbane officers when she revealed she had the creature in her canvas satchell.
The woman claimed she found the joey, which is protected under the Nature Conservation Act, on Saturday night and had been caring for it since.
The marsupial was handed to the RSPCA, an animal protection charity, which named him Alfred.
![Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: A hand out picture released by Queensland police on November 7, 2016 shows a police officer taking care of a baby koala in Brisbane. AFP/Queensland Police/Taylor-Ward.RobynL[CCC]](https://mpics.mgronline.com/pics/Images/559000011513902.JPEG)
![Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: A hand out picture released by Queensland police on November 7, 2016 shows a baby koala inside a bag in Brisbane. AFP/Queensland Police/Taylor-Ward.RobynL[CCC]](https://mpics.mgronline.com/pics/Images/559000011513903.JPEG)
![Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: A hand out picture released by Queensland police on November 7, 2016 shows a police officer taking care of a baby koala in Brisbane. AFP/Queensland Police/Taylor-Ward.RobynL[CCC]](https://mpics.mgronline.com/pics/Images/559000011513904.JPEG)
