Police and city officials in Houston said evidence in storage lockers is being destroyed by "drug-addicted rats." ...

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

HPD and the Harris County District Attorney's office is changing how evidence is stored after a 'drug-addicted rat' problem ...

"We've got 400,000 lbs. of marijuana in storage, that the rats are the only ones enjoying it," said Houston Mayor John ...

The rat infestation was caused by the huge amounts of evidence material in the room. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Houston Police Department says its methods for storing seized drugs have gone up in smoke after it was discovered that ...

Drugged-up Texas rodents have reportedly been gobbling up marijuana and magic mushrooms stored as evidence in police ...

Police said they are reconsidering how they keep evidence after multiple incidents where rats got into the evidence room to ...

Houston police were first made aware of rats dining in their evidence room in October, but professional exterminators had ...

“We got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire told NBC. “The rats are the only ones enjoying it.” The mayor and law enforcement officials have now decided to ...

Specifically there’s been rats, rodent feces, pee, all over the desks, sometimes found in the gym area,” one educator told ...

"400,000 pounds of marijuana and storage and the rats are the only ones enjoying it," said Houston Mayor John Whitmire. "Think about it, they are drug-addicted rats. They’re tough to deal with ...