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Jaywalking croc captured on busy Cairns street (northern Australia) Authorities have captured a crocodile on a busy street in Cairns in far north Queensland.

Road workers were cleaning a drain on Mulgrave Road when the two-metre reptile emerged.

It was an anxious wait for wildlife authorities to arrive, with a policeman using a broom to keep the croc away from onlookers.

ABC producer Phil Staley, who witnessed the wrangling attempt, says there were some tense moments when a ranger approached.

"It jumped up and its tail started thrashing. No-one knew what to do," he said.

Staley says the ranger threw a towel over the croc's head as several men restrained it.

"So you had a RoadTek bloke, a Queensland Parks and Wildlife ranger and a police officer sitting on the back of this crocodile on the main street of Cairns," he said.

"The police officer has got the croc by the tail, there's a bloke on the croc's back, and there's a bloke holding the croc's jaw closed with a towel."

The crocodile is now in the custody of Queensland Parks and Wildlife.