Huge Crocodile Captured but Not the One Rangers Targeted

An estuarine crocodile better known as the saltwater or saltie, lies in the sun on the banks of the Adelaide river near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory on September 2, 2008. GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images)

A massive crocodile has been captured a day after wildlife officers set a trap in north Queensland.

However rangers have revealed the three-metre reptile they snared at Cardwell Marina north of Townsville was not the “problem crocodile” they were targeting.