SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has launched an investigation after a woman claimed she found a three-inch lizard in a bag of fruit bought from an Essex store.

SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has launched an investigation after a woman claimed she found a three-inch lizard in a bag of fruit bought from an Essex store.

Staff are re-checking procedures after being told how the lizard emerged from a bag of Costa Rican bananas bought in Colchester.