Here is a short article from a local Newspaper (original in Indonesian).
POS KOTA daily, Friday 17 May 1997, page 1
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Photo caption: Six meter long python weighing 40 kgs was successfully collected by Slamet, 35, at RT 07/03, Pondok Ranggon, East Jakarta Tuesday night. Slamet said there is still another one at large.
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Comments:
The photo showed 1 python : looks like it's about 3.5 - 4 meters long held by three men.