Drug-addicted rats are enjoying some “high times” in an evidence room where they are eating narcotics that were seized by the police.
The police say there are hundreds of thousands of pounds of drugs stored as evidence, and some of it has been there for decades. According to reports, the rats seem to prefer marijuana and mushrooms.
During a recent news conference, the police chief showed reporters cocaine that was seized in 1996. He said of the suspect, “He pleaded to 20 years. He’s already out.” He also showed them a bag of marijuana from 1993 and said, “It just attracts rodents.”
“We’ve got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage,” said the mayor. “The rats are the only ones enjoying it.”
The District Attorney has decided it is time to clean up. They will now destroy evidence, from cleared cases, that was collected before 2015.
This is becoming a serious problem for the district attorney. Prosecutors have had to notify defense attorneys, representing 3,600 open cases, that rats have been eating drugs held in the evidence room. At this time, they only know of one case where the evidence was deemed compromised by rodents.
Ladies and gentlemen, as kids we all remember when some of our school classmates would tell the teacher that the dog ate their homework. Now, promise me that you won’t be surprised when one of these defense attorneys says, “The rats ate your evidence.”
