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

The 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 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 ...

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 ...

"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.

Police in Texas have hatched a plan to stop the rodents getting their fix Graig Graziosi in Washington, D.C. Thursday 16 January 2025 18:06 GMT Comments ‘Drug-addicted rats’ prompt Houston ...

Last March, officials said rodents were consuming drugs in the evidence room of the decaying New Orleans Police Department headquarters. "The rats are eating our 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, officials said.