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

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

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

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

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

"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 ...

Rats infested the Houston Police Department's evidence room and broke into a package of mushrooms, possibly disrupting open ...

A backlogged police evidence room in Houston, Texas, is a bountiful buffet for the city's rats, who have been munching on loads of seized marijuana and magic mushrooms. Houston officials said they ...

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

"Just one example, we've got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage that the rats are the only ones enjoying," Houston Mayor John Whitmire said Friday at a news conference. Joshua Reiss ...