Rats get taste for drugs in Houston police evidence room

Police department officials lament systemic problem' and say rats enjoying' 400,000lbs of marijuana in storage

Houston has found itself with a problem after drug-eating rats invaded the city's police evidence room, according to officials.

Last Friday, a handful of city officials including Houston mayor John Whitmire, police chief J Noe Diaz and Harris county district attorney Sean Teare gave a press conference in which they announced new efforts to clear out outdated evidence from the Houston police's evidence room which has been infested with rats, KHOU reports.