Rats Have Munchies for Marijuana in Houston Police Evidence Room Because of Years-Long Backlog "We've got 400,000 lbs. of marijuana in storage, that the rats are the only ones enjoying it," said ...

Rats infested the Houston Police Department's evidence room and broke into a package of mushrooms, possibly disrupting open drug-related cases. Skip to Main Content Skip to footer.

Rats infest New Orleans Police Headquarters, eat marijuana in evidence 01:22. Rats are consuming drugs that were seized and stored by Houston police and hundreds of cases could be vulnerable to ...

For rats in Texas, 4/20 has come early. Houston-area rodents have forced police in the area to change the way they operate after developing an addiction to drugs stored in station lockers. “We ...

"Drug-addicted rats" are eating narcotics seized and stored by Houston police, prompting a change in how long the police department is required to store the evidence, officials said.

T he Houston Police Department (HPD) is dealing with an unusual problem: "drug-addicted rats" infesting its evidence room.The infestation has prompted the department to start destroying hundreds ...

The Houston Police Department is set to clean out its evidence room that has been overrun by 'drug addicted' rats. Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images/iStockphoto. Houston, we have a rat problem.

In a story that sounds more like the plot of a quirky crime drama than real life, drug-addicted rats have turned Houston’s police evidence storage into their personal stash house.

A backlogged police evidence room in Houston, Texas, is a bountiful buffet for the city's rats, who have been munching on loads of seized marijuana and magic mushrooms. Houston officials said they ...

A rat infestation in a property room holding 1.2 million pieces of evidence is sparking concerns. "Anytime evidence is compromised, then cases could be compromised," a defense attorney said.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTVT) - Rats are consuming drugs that were seized and stored by Houston police and hundreds of cases could be vulnerable to the rodent infestation, officials said.

Drug-addicted rats have taken over a Houston police evidence room after eating seized narcotics. ... evidence could only be destroyed if it came into the department's care prior to 2005.