Rats Develop a Taste for Drugs in Houston Police Evidence Room
Houston officials are tackling a bizarre issue with drug-eating rats in the police evidence room
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Houston: So, you won’t believe what’s happening in Houston. The city’s police evidence room has been overrun by rats that are munching on drugs. Yeah, you heard that right!
Last Friday, some city bigwigs, including Mayor John Whitmire and Police Chief J Noe Diaz, held a press conference to talk about this wild situation. They’re trying to clean out old evidence, and it turns out the rats are having a feast.
Mayor Whitmire joked about it, saying they have around 400,000 pounds of marijuana just sitting there, and the rats are the only ones enjoying it. Can you imagine?
Chief Diaz chimed in, mentioning they have over 1.2 million pieces of evidence, including stuff from as far back as 1947. It’s like a time capsule of crime!
Joshua Reiss from the district attorney’s office said the rats even got into the narcotics division’s evidence room. They found them munching on packaging that had mushrooms. Gross, right?
Reiss pointed out that this isn’t just a Houston problem; it’s happening all over the country. Evidence rooms are packed with old stuff that nobody needs anymore.
Teare, the district attorney, said they’re finally going to tackle this issue. They plan to destroy any narcotics evidence collected before 2015. It’s about time!