Jan 15, 2025 · "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.

Jan 16, 2025 · 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.

Jan 13, 2025 · 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 after drug-addicted rats were discovered inside the city's evidence room.

Jan 13, 2025 · 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,...

Jan. 21 (UPI) --Police and city officials in Houston said evidence in storage lockers is being destroyed by "drug-addicted rats." Mayor John Whitmire said at a news conference that drugs being ...

Jan 14, 2025 · HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Harris County District Attorney's Office has notified attorneys in thousands of criminal cases that rats have been eating drug evidence. …

Jan 19, 2025 · Police said they are reconsidering how they keep evidence after multiple incidents where rats got into the evidence room to steal drugs.

Jan 10, 2025 · The Houston Police Department, Mayor John Whitmire and the newly-elected Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare announced on Friday that they are joining forces to tackle the issue of...

Jan 16, 2025 · Rats have infiltrated the Narcotics Evidence Room of the Houston Police Department, forcing the district attorney's office to alert attorneys on thousands of open cases that their evidence...

Jan 10, 2025 · Houston officials claim the move will free up officers, and they blame part of the problem on drug-addicted rats. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston police property …