HOUSTON (WTHR) — The Drug Enforcement Agency is looking to hire a contractor to incinerate drugs.
The contractor must be able to burn various items such as paper, scissors, tape and other controlled substances. That contractor must also be able to burn at least 1,000 pounds of marijuana per hour for at least eight hours a day.
The DEA will also require the contractor to have surveillance while the job is being conducted and the DEA reserves the right to access the video at any time.
The job will run from March to Sept. 30 at facilities in Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, McAllen, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Eagle Pass, Del Rio, San Antonio, Austin and Waco.
After receiving several phone calls, the DEA released this statement to KHOU:
"Although we appreciate local citizens’ willingness to offer their help, this is a complicated, large-scale government contract we’re required by law to bid every few years, and there are usually only a handful of companies with the necessary facilities and resources to help us dispose of this material. While it makes for an interesting headline, the truth is far more prosaic - our agents working across the Houston Division make a huge number of great cases, and as a result, we seize a tremendous amount of illegal drugs. Arranging for the save and effective destruction of these drugs is just part of the job."
For more information on the job, click here.
