A very difficult evening. A Japanese police officer drank too much, fell asleep on the street and lost investigative documents containing the personal details of some 400 people, including a suspected criminal, police and local media said.
names and addresses
The 49-year-old officer from the Hyogo region of western Japan lost a bag containing the documents in question between 11 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Saturday, a police officer said on Monday. local. These documents contained the names and addresses of people involved in criminal investigations, he said, without elaborating.
According to major Japanese media, citing police officials, the officer in question went out for a drink with his colleagues and fell asleep on the street on his way home.
When he woke up near a train station, he was unable to find the bag and documents containing personal details of some 400 people, including a suspect, media said.
High alcohol consumption among officials
This is not the first time officials have found themselves embarrassed after drinking sessions. In June, authorities in the city of Amagasaki, in the same region, said that a businessman had lost a bag containing a USB key containing the personal data of the 460,000 residents, after going out for a drink and falling asleep in the open air. free on the way home.
However, the USB key was found a day after the municipality revealed the case.
Source: BFM TV
