Oh rats! Police say rodents stole cannabis stash truly worth $500K

Lord aid us if they get the munchies.

Colonies of rats scurried their way through an Indian law enforcement warehouses, eating hundreds of kilograms really worth of seized marijuana that was locked away as felony evidence, CNN noted.

Authorities estimate that around 700 kilograms of pot were being likely noshed on by the furry obstructions to justice in the town of Mathura, according to Choose Sanjay Chaudhary for each the BBC.

“All of it was underneath risk of infestation by rats,” he warned.

The edible proof was valued at $500,000, claimed Indy100.

The courtroom is also aware that the new enemy is everything but fearful of justice, in accordance to CNN.

“Rats are modest animals, and they aren’t scared of the police,” the neighborhood lawful process mentioned immediately after law enforcement had been not able to exhibit an anticipated 200 kilograms of marijuana as court’s proof.

A fellow judiciary member in the metropolis was nearly anything but shocked and recalled when in excess of 500 kilograms of cannabis had been scarfed down by rodents at a town precinct.

“There’s a rat menace in virtually all law enforcement stations,” a court docket doc read. “Hence, needed arrangements need to be made to safeguard the cannabis which is been confiscated.”

Nevertheless, Mathura City Law enforcement Superintendent Martand Prakash Singh denies any existence of rats around the evidence lockers.

“There was no reference to rats in the [report submitted to the court],” he instructed CNN. “The law enforcement only talked about that the seized cannabis was ruined in the rains and flooding.”

If the rats are to blame, it would not be the very first time they ended up hunting to social gathering in the Asian country.

Cheeseaters experienced gotten into “thousands” of liters of confiscated alcoholic beverages in the state of Bihar in 2017, in accordance to the BBC. The long lasting results of the rats’ hangovers was not claimed on at the time.