KITCHENER — Three snakes remain missing after a man stuffed them in his clothing and took them from a Kitchener pet store on Friday.

About 1:30 p.m., a man walked into Big Al's Aquarium Services, 509 Wilson Ave. Two pastel ball pythons, a milk snake and a rat snake were missing, said Olaf Heinzel, spokesperson for Waterloo Regional Police. They're worth almost $1,000.

The next day, the store owners noticed an online ad selling a pastel ball python, recognized it as one taken from the store, and called police, Heinzel said.

A Cambridge man, 33, was arrested in his car in Cambridge on Sunday. He had two snakes with him.

A pastel ball python in the car appeared to have been injured because of mishandling, but it is expected to recover, Heinzel said. A common ball python was also found in the car, but it wasn't one of the snakes missing from the store.

The three other snakes missing from the store — a python, rat and milk snakes — haven't been recovered by police.

The man was held in jail for a bail hearing, facing charges of theft, possession of stolen property under $5,000, trafficking in stolen good and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.