Eight police officers say rats ate half a ton of missing marijuana, sacked

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The marijuana had been in storage for at least two years when 500kgs of it vanished. In total, 6,000kg of marijuana was registered in the warehouse in Pilar, Argentina two years ago, however this year only 5,460kg remained.

Suspicion then fell on former police commissioner Javier Specia, who had quit the force in 2017.

Appearing in front of a judge, Specia and three of his subordinates all said the missing drugs had been ‘eaten by mice’.

However the claims were doubted by forensic officers who said ‘even a large amount of rodents couldn’t have eaten so much’.

Buenos Aires University experts explained that rats could not mistake the drug for food. Eight police officers sacked.