The clean-up on aisle 5 turned out to be a cobra at this grocery store in northern India on October 5.

The cobra was rescued by Ravi Joshi and his skilled team got the slithering surprise out of the store safely before it was eventually released into the wild.

A cobra snake was rescued from a local grocery store in northern India's Uttarakhand on October 5 late night.

The rescue operation was carried out in Balawala area of Dehradun.

The video shows rescue team lead Ravi Joshi using a snake catcher to tease the reptile out of its hiding in the store.

At the end of the video, the snake can be seen peeking out of its hiding place.

Joshi received a call from emergency services late night and rushed to the spot to rescue the snake.

The cobra will be released into the wild today.