A baby koala has been found in a woman's backpack after police in Australia arrested her during a routine traffic stop. 
 
 Officers were searching the suspect and asked if she had anything to declare. 
 
 The woman handed over a zipped green canvas bag and said it had a joey inside it that she'd found. She claimed she was looking after it. 
 
 The baby koala, thought to be about six months old, was taken to a police station in Brisbane to be looked after. 
 
 It'll then be given to an official carer. 
 
 "He's been on fluids but is doing well and will shortly be going out to a carer," said RSPCA Queensland spokesman Michael Beatty. 
 
 "He weighs 1.5kg and we've called him Alfred." 
 
 The RSPCA in Queensland, where the animal was found, says anyone who finds a koala shouldn't try to hold it. 
 
 "Please call our animal emergency hotline on 1300 ANIMAL," said Michael Beatty. 
 
 "Often the animal may have no obvious signs of injury but it can have internal injuries that need immediate attention." 
 
 An RSPCA ambulance was called to the Brisbane City Watch house to collect the joey - which is protected under Australia's Nature Conservation Act. 
 
 The 50-year-old woman arrested by police in Wishart, Brisbane, with the koala was arrested "on outstanding matters". 
 
 Find us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat ||||| A woman taken into custody by Queensland police has stunned officers by handing over a baby koala she had been secretly carrying inside a zipped canvas bag. 
 
 The East Brisbane woman, 50, was asked if she had anything to declare after her arrest on unrelated matters by officers on patrol in the city’s south on Sunday night. She produced the bag, saying it contained a joey. 
 
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 “Not quite believing their ears, the officers cautiously unzipped the bag and found this gorgeous boy,” police said in a media statement. “There are many firsts in our job and last night was one of those for officers from the Upper Mount Gravatt tactical crime squad.” 
 
 The woman’s claims that she was caring for the joey after finding it on a main road in the southern Brisbane suburb of Nathan the previous evening were being examined, police said. 
 
 Koalas are protected under Queensland’s Nature Conservation Act and cannot be held as pets but the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection gives members of the public 72 hours to hand in wildlife species they find. 
 
 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Alfred is believed to be about six months old. He was slightly dehydrated but otherwise in good health. Photograph: Robyn Taylor-Ward/AFP/Getty Images 
 
 The woman and koala were taken to the Brisbane city watch house, where the RSPCA took the joey into its care. 
 
 The 1.5kg koala, believed to be about six months old and slightly dehydrated but otherwise in good health, has been named Alfred, an RSPCA Queensland spokesman said. 
 
 “He’s been on fluids but is doing well and will shortly be going out to a carer,” Michael Beatty said.
– A woman was arrested "on outstanding matters" during a traffic stop in Brisbane on Sunday with a rather cute companion. Asked if she had anything to declare, the 50-year-old woman handed officers a canvas backpack, claiming a baby koala was inside, reports the BBC. "Not quite believing their ears, the officers cautiously unzipped the bag and found this gorgeous boy," police say, per the Guardian. The woman told police she had found the joey on a road in a Brisbane suburb on Saturday and was looking after it. Koalas, however, are protected in Australia and can't be kept as pets; anyone who finds one has 72 hours to give it to the proper officials. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has taken custody of the 6-month-old joey, now dubbed Alfred, who "will shortly be going out to a carer," a rep says. The koala, a little over 3 pounds, was slightly dehydrated but is otherwise in good health. "He's been on fluids but is doing well," the rep says. Police are investigating the woman's story and have not yet pressed charges related to the joey.