The city of Houston is taking a major step to address overcrowded conditions and "drug-addicted rats" in its police department’s property room. The city and the district attorney’s office work together to destroy outdated evidence, making room for more current cases. The property room currently holds more than 1.2 million pieces of evidence spread across two downtown locations, some dating back to the 1940s. Items such as drugs, bikes and even r…

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Rats revel in the HPD evidence room, disrupting over 3,600 drug cases

Police in Texas have hatched a plan to stop the rodents getting their fix

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Drug-addicted rats have taken over a Houston police evidence room

Rats have been found consuming drugs, especially marijuana, seized and stored by the Houston Police Department (HPD), Texas, leaving hundreds of cases vulnerable to destruction, according to a report in Fox News. The city officials said they were made aware of rodents dining in their evidence room in October last year and despite involving professional exterminators, the problem persists. The menace has prompted the district attorney's office to…

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Drug-Addicted Rats Eating Marijuana Kept As Evidence In US Police Station: Report

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.

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New York

Rats in police evidence lockers are getting high on seized drugs — and putting cases in jeopardy

The rats first found the drugs in October and have been addicted ever since (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Houston we have a problem – rats have been dining out on everything from marijuana to psychedelic mushrooms in the city’s police evidence room. John Whitmire, the mayor of Houston, put it simply during a press conference: ‘We’ve got 400,000lb of marijuana in storage that the rats are the only ones enjoying.’ Joshua Reiss, general couns…

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Drug-eating rats invade police evidence room and get taste for coke and cannabis

Authorities investigate how rodents managed to access seized substances and assess the impact the loss of evidence could have on legal proceedings related to drug trafficking offences

Las autoridades investigan cómo los roedores lograron acceder a sustancias incautadas y evalúan el impacto que la pérdida de evidencia podría tener en procesos judiciales relacionados con delitos de narcotráfico

Ratas se drogan con evidencia que había en almacén de la policía de Houston y ponen en riesgo cientos de casos

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Rats drug themselves with evidence that was in Houston police warehouse and put hundreds of cases at risk

The rodents are enjoying marijuana at the Houston Police Department that has been sitting in evidence for years.

CBS News

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Drug-eating rats invade Houston police evidence room, potentially disrupting hundreds of cases

The rodents have been "tough to deal with," a Houston forensic expert told reporters.

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'Drug-Addicted Rats' Reportedly 'Enjoying' Marijuana After Invading Texas Evidence Room

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.And...

Raw Story

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Drug-eating rats raid police evidence room filled with mushrooms, cocaine and marijuana

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

NBC News

'Drug-addicted rats' infesting Houston police evidence room

The Harris County District Attorney's Office has notified attorneys in thousands of criminal cases that rats have been eating drug evidence.

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Drugs from 3,600 cases in HPD evidence room with rat infestation, DA's office says

Houston Police Evidence Room Overrun by Drug-Consuming Rats

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