West Bank (QNN)- An Israeli soldier placed a snake inside a Palestinian vehicle after stopping it for search at a military checkpoint in the north of the West Bank, according to the radio station of the Israeli army. The station said the Palestinian taxi driver, Nidal Saeed, from the village of Beit Dajan in eastern Nablus was shocked when he found a snake in his car after leaving the checkpoint. The worst was that the driver was accompanied by his family when the incident happened. The family heard a strange sound in the car's trunk before finding out that there was a snake there. One of the soldiers placed the snake inside the taxi while he was pretending to search it at a military checkpoint near the village of Beit Furik, according to the Israeli station. Nidal Saeed reported the incident to the Palestinian police, who in turn contacted the Israelis demanding that they open an investigation. The investigation found out that one of the soldiers did place the snake inside the vehicle. The station added that the Israeli army decided to put the soldier in military imprisonment for 18 days only. It also stated that the incident took place on December 23rd.