Topic: Indian police say rats ate 600kg of cannabis from station storeroom - page 2. (Read 269 times)
November 27, 2022, 06:15:58 PM
This is a lot of weed. I'm thinking the rats were so stoned that they were able to catch all of them. Something tells me the "rats" just might in fact be the Indian police doing cover up for their own in regards missing evidence.
November 27, 2022, 01:37:29 PM
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Police in neighbouring Bihar state that year said rats drank about one million litres of alcohol kept in storerooms in one of the country’s few dry states.
Today I learned that rats get drunk and high. I want to know if these things are sought out or a necessity to them. 
November 27, 2022, 01:21:22 PM
I have read about the fentanyl epidemic going on there, and it seems serious indeed and it is not a urban legend at all, but a serious public health problem.
Since Marijuana is legal in several states there I assume people smuggle it and criminals take advance of the situation to spike the weed with other substances for their own economical gain.
However, I assume USA is a serious and modern country that does not have problems with rats eating evidence of a crime, isnt it?
November 27, 2022, 04:49:23 AM
Perhaps, it is something I can't take seriously because I have never read/heard about it here in my country.
Here in the USA we have myths and urban legends claiming negative effects from cannabis smuggled across the border.
Are derived from product being laced with rat poison.
Although today rat poison isn't so much the concern.
Today we have urban legends of random people smoking cannabis laced with fentanyl and dying. I guess that's the tragic modern day version.
November 26, 2022, 07:50:05 PM
Indian police say rats ate 600kg of cannabis from station storeroom
You've heard of smoked fish. Now you have an excuse to smoke rats.
You've heard of smoked fish. Now you have an excuse to smoke rats.
November 26, 2022, 05:54:45 PM
It sounds ridiculous in my opinion. I am not even sure if this is a serious problem in India (excessive rodents) or this is actually an excuse by corrupt police officers in order to disappear evidence. However, I admit that trying to dispose of 7 tonnes of drugs is very daring and difficult without a widespread network of corruption.
Perhaps, it is something I can't take seriously because I have never read/heard about it here in my country. If there is anyone from India reading this thread, it would be interesting if they could give us their opinion on this matter and if this is credible or not.
Perhaps, it is something I can't take seriously because I have never read/heard about it here in my country. If there is anyone from India reading this thread, it would be interesting if they could give us their opinion on this matter and if this is credible or not.
November 26, 2022, 05:33:20 PM
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'There is no place in the police station where the stored goods can be saved from the rats,' prosecutor says
Indian police have said rats ate about 600kg of cannabis after a court demanded that the confiscated drugs be produced as evidence during a trial for people facing smuggling charges.
Police in the northern city of Mathura wrote to magistrates to say 581kg of the drugs had gone missing from two storerooms after being seized from traffickers more than five years ago.
Public prosecutor Ranveer Singh said the drugs were eaten by rodents and could not be produced.
“There is no place in the police station where the stored goods can be saved from the rats. The remaining [cannabis] from the huge consignment was destroyed by officers,” prosecutors told the court.
Police arrested six people on suspicion of smuggling on a motorway and seized the drugs in two consignments in 2018 and 2019.
The alleged smugglers are now on trial for drug trafficking and other narcotics charges.
Police delivered samples of the drugs to the court at the beginning of the trial but were mandated to produce the actual cache to bolster their case and obtain a conviction.
The court asked senior police officers to ensure the safety of the evidence, which was meant to be presented on Saturday.
The prosecution told the court that nearly 700kg of cannabis stored across several police stations in the district were under threat from rats.
They also spoke of the inability to deal with the rodents, which they said were overwhelming the most secure places inside police stations.
“Being small in size, the rats have no fear of police, nor can the police officers be considered experts in solving the problem,” prosecutors said.
Trials in India can take years, if not decades, and many accused often escape punishment over poor police investigations or evidence management.
Prosecutors in eastern Jharkhand state told a court in 2017 that rats consumed nearly 45kg of marijuana that was stored in a trafficking case involving 150kg of drugs.
Police in neighbouring Bihar state that year said rats drank about one million litres of alcohol kept in storerooms in one of the country’s few dry states.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/11/23/indian-police-say-rats-ate-600kg-of-cannabis-from-station-storeroom/
Indian police have said rats ate about 600kg of cannabis after a court demanded that the confiscated drugs be produced as evidence during a trial for people facing smuggling charges.
Police in the northern city of Mathura wrote to magistrates to say 581kg of the drugs had gone missing from two storerooms after being seized from traffickers more than five years ago.
Public prosecutor Ranveer Singh said the drugs were eaten by rodents and could not be produced.
“There is no place in the police station where the stored goods can be saved from the rats. The remaining [cannabis] from the huge consignment was destroyed by officers,” prosecutors told the court.
Police arrested six people on suspicion of smuggling on a motorway and seized the drugs in two consignments in 2018 and 2019.
The alleged smugglers are now on trial for drug trafficking and other narcotics charges.
Police delivered samples of the drugs to the court at the beginning of the trial but were mandated to produce the actual cache to bolster their case and obtain a conviction.
The court asked senior police officers to ensure the safety of the evidence, which was meant to be presented on Saturday.
The prosecution told the court that nearly 700kg of cannabis stored across several police stations in the district were under threat from rats.
They also spoke of the inability to deal with the rodents, which they said were overwhelming the most secure places inside police stations.
“Being small in size, the rats have no fear of police, nor can the police officers be considered experts in solving the problem,” prosecutors said.
Trials in India can take years, if not decades, and many accused often escape punishment over poor police investigations or evidence management.
Prosecutors in eastern Jharkhand state told a court in 2017 that rats consumed nearly 45kg of marijuana that was stored in a trafficking case involving 150kg of drugs.
Police in neighbouring Bihar state that year said rats drank about one million litres of alcohol kept in storerooms in one of the country’s few dry states.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/11/23/indian-police-say-rats-ate-600kg-of-cannabis-from-station-storeroom/
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Over the years, I have seen news articles published claiming that termites, ants and other pests devoured $50,000 which had been concealed beneath a sleeping mattress.
Have to admit that 600kg of cannabis being devoured by rodents is a new one I haven't heard before. I think india or another nation in that region once issed bounties on rats. There was a famous case from years past where a single man killed a ridiculous number of rats which he turned in to receive a bounty.
Is there a reason rats in some countries are more aggressive and rabid than in others? Are they evolving? Should we be concerned?
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