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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The district attorney’s office in Harris County, Texas, has alerted attorneys involved in thousands of drug-related cases that ...

"Drug-addicted rats" are eating narcotics seized and stored by Houston police, prompting a change in how long the department is required to store the evidence, officials said. Houston Mayor Jo hn ...

Newly released photos, videos, and internal emails are offering the first detailed look inside the rat infestation that plagued the Houston Police Department's narcotics evidence room, a problem that ...

In a story that sounds more like the plot of a quirky crime drama than real life, drug-addicted rats have turned Houston's police evidence storage into their personal stash house. These rodents have ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTVT) - 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 ...

The district attorney’s office in Harris County, Texas, has alerted attorneys involved in thousands of drug-related cases that rats were found eating the narcotics seized and stored by Houston police ...