Drug-eating rats invade Houston police evidence room, …
1 day ago · Rats infest New Orleans Police Headquarters, eat marijuana in evidence 01:22. Rats are consuming drugs that were seized and stored by Houston police and hundreds of cases could be vulnerable to ...
'Drug addicted rats': How a rodent infestation is changing how Houston …
4 days ago · The Houston Police Department, the Harris County District Attorney's Office, and the City of Houston are teaming up to change how evidence in criminal cases is stored and processed. The effort comes after HPD discovered a rodent infestation in their evidence property room, saying that rats were eating old marijuana.
Drug-eating rats invade Houston police evidence room
18 hours ago · Rats are consuming drugs that were seized and stored by Houston police and hundreds of cases could be vulnerable to the rodent infestation, officials said. It's an issue that has prompted the district attorney to alert defense attorneys in more than 3,600 open drug-related cases, although only one active case has been impacted by the rodents.
'Drug-addicted rats' infesting Houston police evidence room
2 days ago · "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.
Drug-eating rats invade Houston police headquarters, potentially …
DALLAS — Rodents infiltrated a narcotics evidence room at Houston police’s headquarters, accessing drugs and potentially disrupting open criminal cases. The Harris County District Attorney’s ...
Infestation of ‘drug-addicted rats’ prompting purge of backlogged ...
4 days ago · An infestation of “drug-addicted rats” in evidence rooms will prompt the Houston Police Department (HPD) to begin destroying hundreds of thousands of pounds of unneeded narcotics evidence ...
Drug-addicted rats have taken over a Houston police evidence …
For rats in Texas, 4/20 has come early. Houston-area rodents have forced police in the area to change the way they operate after developing an addiction to drugs stored in station lockers. “We ...
Drugs from 3,600 cases tainted by HPD evidence room rat ... - ABC13 Houston
4 days ago · On Monday, the DA's office notified defense attorneys on 3,600 open cases, including capital murder cases, that involve drug evidence, held in a vault at the Houston Police Department Narcotics ...
Houston Police to clear out 'drug-addicted' rats from evidence …
Jan 10, 2025 · The Houston Police Department is set to clean out its evidence room that has been overrun by 'drug addicted' rats. Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images/iStockphoto Houston, we have a rat problem.
Rats nearly compromise Houston Police case after eating …
4 days ago · A purported rat colony in a downtown Houston police property room ate some mushrooms intended as evidence against two defendants, prosecutors on Monday said, warning at least 3,600 additional ...
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