Indian authorities say rats devoured 500 kilograms of seized marijuana.

In response to a court order to turn over more than 500 kilograms of marijuana confiscated from drug dealers in two separate cases, police in the Indian city of Mathura, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, claimed that rats had eaten the entire haul.

The officials’ inability to supply cannabis led to its storage in police warehouses, which the police later claimed were infested with rats.

“When goods are stored in the police station, there is nowhere to keep the rats away. Officers smoked out what was left of the massive shipment of marijuana “prosecutor for the police reportedly told the court, as reported by Indian media.

The prosecutor also claimed that rats were “not scared of police” due to their size. The court was supposed to use the cannabis as evidence in a case, but it was ignored.

According to the evidence presented in court, more than 700 kilos of marijuana were in danger of being ruined by rats while being stored in various locations throughout the city of Mathura.

A CNN article claims this is not the first time rats have gnawed through evidence. The judge mentioned a previous incident in which rats consumed over 500 kilograms of the drug that had been confiscated in different cases and was being stored at the Shergarh and Highway Police Station in the city.

Following the court’s directive, police officials were given guidelines and asked to auction or otherwise dispose of the marijuana.

“Rats are a problem in virtually every police station. According to CNN’s citation of the court document, “appropriate measures must be taken to secure the confiscated cannabis.”

However, the details surrounding the rats’ drug consumption remain unclear.

After the trial, Superintendent Martand Prakash Singh of the Mathura City Police Department told the media that “rains and flooding” had destroyed the seized drugs.

He went on to say that the police had only told the court that the cannabis crop had been lost due to rain and flooding, and that no mention of rats had been made in the report submitted to the court.