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 got 400 ...

"We've got 400,000 lbs. of marijuana in storage, that the rats are the only ones enjoying it," said Houston Mayor John Whitmire A backlogged police evidence room in Houston, Texas, is a bountiful ...

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 cases ...

The Houston Police Department and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced a change this week to how evidence is stored and processed for criminal cases after a rodent infestation caused ...

HOUSTON – Dozens of rats have made Houston’s City Hall their nocturnal playground, scurrying across sidewalks and diving into burrows on the building’s front lawn just days before the city’s annual ...

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 stored ...

Houston police say their evidence lockers are filled to the brim. They have backpacks, ATMs, thousands of bicycles, notes from a nearly century-old homicide case and an infestation of rats that have ...

Houston, we have a rat problem. The Houston police property warehouse, where thousands of pounds of drugs, blood samples and countless pieces of evidence have been collected at crime scenes, is now in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images/CONEYL JAY Close-up of a white rat on a black background A backlogged police evidence room in Houston, Texas, is a ...

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 ...