Supermarket workers were confronted with a slippery customer when they found a gecko lizard hiding in a consignment of fruit.

The reptile turned up at the Jumbo supermarket in Veghel, Noord-Brabant, last weekend. Staff in the warehouse were able to trap it in a plastic food container and call the local animal ambulance service, who took it away.

The ambulance team posted a message on its Facebook page saying the lizard was safe and well and enjoying its new home at De Oliemeulen zoo in Tilburg, which specialises in reptiles and small mammals.