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.

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 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 ...

According to CBS affiliate KHOU-TV, the Houston Police Department and other agencies have permission from the DA's office to ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire walks through the Houston Police Department evidence room. (Houston Police Department) "Think about it, they are drug-addicted rats.

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 ...

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.