Drunk Japan cop loses papers with 400 people's details

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 16, 2022 12:05 am

TOKYO: A Japanese police officer got drunk, fell asleep on the street and lost investigation documents containing the personal details of about 400 people, including a criminal suspect, police and local media said.

The 49-year-old officer in the East Asian country's western Hyogo region lost a bag containing the documents sometime between 11 p.m. last Friday and 5 a.m. last Saturday, a police official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday.

This Sept. 5, 2021 file photo shows bottles of sake at the booth of Japan during the China International Fair for Trade in Services in China’s capital Beijing. XINHUA PHOTO

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