Rats get taste for drugs in Houston police evidence room

Police department officials lament ‘systemic problem’ and say rats ‘enjoying’ 400,000lbs of marijuana in storageHouston has found itself with a problem after drug-eating rats invaded the city’s police evidence room, according to officials.Last Friday, a handful of city officials including Houston mayor John Whitmire, police chief J Noe Diaz and Harris county district attorney Sean Teare gave a press conference in which they announced new efforts to clear out outdated evidence from the Houston police’s evidence room which has been infested with rats, KHOU reports. Continue reading…



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Author : Maya Yang

Publish date : 2025-01-16 23:00:00

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