Simple Jack Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Rats blamed for eating 500 kilograms of cannabis stored by Indian police Rats in northern India have been accused of eating hundreds of kilograms of cannabis seized from drug dealers and stored in police warehouses. “Rats are small animals, and they aren’t scared of the police,” noted a court in the city of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, after hearing that local police were unable to furnish almost 200 kilograms of confiscated cannabis that was supposed to be used as evidence in a recent case. Court documents said the police had been asked to provide 386 kilograms of cannabis, but the prosecution flagged to the court that more than 700 kilograms of marijuana stored in various stations across Mathura could be impacted by the rat infestation. And this was – allegedly – not the first time the rats had struck. The judge hearing the case cited Mathura police as blaming the rodents for destroying a total of more than 500 kilograms of cannabis that had been seized in various cases and stored at the city’s Shergarh and Highway Police Station. The court then laid down guidelines for the police to auction or dispose of the cannabis. “There’s a rat menace in almost all police stations. Hence, necessary arrangements need to be made to safeguard the cannabis that’s been confiscated,” the court document said. However, accounts regarding the exact sequence of events that followed the rats’ alleged consumption of the cannabis appear a little hazy. Speaking after the court case, Mathura City Police Superintendent Martand Prakash Singh told CNN that the cannabis had been “destroyed by rains and flooding” and not by rats. “There was no reference to rats in the (report submitted to the court) … the police only mentioned that the seized cannabis was destroyed in the rains and flooding,” he said. If the rats are guilty as charged, they might now be taking things easy. A 2016 study by the University of British Columbia found the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana made lab rats lazy. Researchers trained 29 rats to perform an experiment, in which the rodents had to choose between a simple or more difficult task to earn treats. The rats typically chose the harder – and more rewarding – task, but after being given marijuana, the same rats picked the easier task. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/25/india/india-marijuana-rats-intl-hnk/index.html And the dog ate my honest, honest! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu914 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, Simple Jack said: events that followed the rats’ alleged consumption of the cannabis appear a little hazy. I bet they did... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojum Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) Rats , certainly. Just not the kind with tails. The kind with uniforms. E2A Actually I take that back. I like rats, they're very clever Edited November 29, 2022 by Boojum 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shire Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 A few coppers buying a nice new car and holiday, bless the Rat excuse 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojum Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Just got a daft mental images of a load of cockroaches (the ones from Fat Freddy's Cat) sitting on a big pile of weed, with the King of the cockroaches smoking a Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers spliff saying "They fell for the the rat story." 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratdog Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 44 minutes ago, Simple Jack said: that local police were unable to furnish loving the wording of this article 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle brain Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 hmmmm rats, yes that's it the rats did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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