( CNN ) -- Police say 40 ball pythons were confiscated from a single motel room on Thursday in Brantford , Ontario , about 65 miles southwest of Toronto . The room was occupied at the time by four people -- two of them children . The incident comes just weeks after two young brothers were strangled to death by a large , exotic python as they slept at a friend 's house in Campbellton , New Brunswick . The Children 's Aid Society of Brant is investigating the welfare of those children , Brantford Police Sgt . Cheney Venn told CNN . Though it 's against the law to own a python in Brantford , no arrests have been made and no charges have been filed ; nor have any names have been released by authorities . The pythons ranged in size from 1 foot to 4Â½ feet , and they were stored in several plastic storage bins . `` It appeared as though they were being kept for breeding purposes '' Sgt . Venn told CNN . `` ( They ) were not being suitably cared for and were in distress . '' They were seized from the Bell City Motel by the county 's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , according to executive director Robin Kuchma . She said in an e-mail they have since been sent `` off to a rescue where those who are experienced can care for them . '' An exasperated employee who answered the phone at the Bell City Motel pleaded to be left alone before hanging up when reached by CNN Friday night . Venn says the couple and two children checked in a few days ago , after being evicted from their prior residence . He did not know whether the snakes played a role in their eviction . Venn said the Bell City Motel has a `` no pets '' policy .
The snakes were in a single motel room in Brantford , Ontario . Two of the four people occupying the room were children . Police official : Pythons ` ` were not being suitably cared for and were in distress '' No arrests have been made and no charges have been laid .