“The rats are eating our marijuana, they're all high,' the New Orleans police superintendent said.
A bizarre incident happened when a group of rats munched on marijuana seized inside an evidence room at an infested New Orleans police headquarters. The old police building has been around since 1968 and Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick described rodent infestations in the facility. Cops have found rat droppings on their desks, and cockroaches are rampant, the Associated Press reported.
RELATED: Scooby doobie don't: Discarded joints are posing hazards for dogsAccording to the AP, the New Orleans city council is considering a proposal to spend $7.6 million on a 10-year lease to temporarily relocate the police headquarters to a high-rise building downtown.Kirkpatrick tells the AP the rental agreement would give the police department time to plan for a permanent headquarters.
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