Rats in police evidence lockers are getting high on seized drugs — and putting cases in jeopardy
Drugged-up Texas rodents have reportedly been gobbling up marijuana and magic mushrooms stored as evidence in police precincts, potentially putting hundreds of cases in jeopardy, reports said.
Drug-eating rats invade Houston police evidence room, potentially disrupting hundreds of cases
The rodents are enjoying marijuana at the Houston Police Department that has been sitting in evidence for years.
Drug-addicted rats have taken over a Houston police evidence room after eating seized narcotics
To illustrate the problem, Houston police Chief J. Noe Diaz pointed to one piece of cocaine evidence from 1996 that was still in the lockup. The individual tied to the drugs pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and has since been released, he said.
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"We've got 400,000 lbs. of marijuana in storage, that the rats are the only ones enjoying it," said Houston Mayor John Whitmire.
Hungry and Stoned Rats Raiding Houston Police Evidence Lockers To Devour Marijuana Stash
The Houston Police Department says its methods for storing seized drugs have gone up in smoke after it was discovered that rats have been crawling through evidence lockers with a major case of the munchies and gobbling up the marijuana being stored in criminal cases.
Drug-eating rats invade Houston police headquarters, potentially disputing open cases
Rats infested the Houston Police Department's evidence room and broke into a package of mushrooms, possibly disrupting open drug-related cases.
Drug-eating rats raid police evidence room filled with mushrooms, cocaine and marijuana
Rats with a hankering for illicit drugs are treating a police evidence room like an all-you-can-eat buffet.Houston Mayor John Whitmire last week joined the city's police chief and Harris County district attorney to announce a new effort to clear out old evidence from the city's police department.
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Houston police are changing how they store and process evidence after they discovered rats were eating old marijuana in the evidence room.
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