Thread: Drunken Japan official loses drug dealer files

A drunken night out led to a Japanese finance ministry official losing documents containing personal information about nearly 200 people suspected of illegal drug dealings, local media reported.


The official with the ministry's customs and tariff bureau guzzled nine glasses of beer on a five-hour bender last week before realising their bag was gone, public broadcaster NHK said Monday.

In the missing bag were documents with details of 187 individuals, including names and addresses of suspected drug smugglers as well as recipients of cannabis seeds.


The official reportedly started drinking with customs staff in Yokohama, near Tokyo, at around 6pm Thursday.


The incident "significantly undermined public trust in us, and we're deeply sorry", the ministry told local media, adding the official in question will be severely punished.


The finance ministry could not be reached by AFP on Tuesday, which is a public holiday in Japan.

Drunken Japan official loses drug dealer files - CNA

in Yokohama, near Tokyo

Yokohama is a great spot, but I wouldn’t term is as near Tokyo. That would be like saying Pattaya, near Bangkok. They are literally different cities with very different characteristics.

Reminds me of that British spook that, if memory serves, left the 1991 Iraq invasion plan in a briefcase in a taxi.

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Yokohama is a great spot, but I wouldn’t term is as near Tokyo. That would be like saying Pattaya, near Bangkok.

Pattaya is over 90 miles from Bangkok.

Yokohama is 20 miles from Tokyo.

Most people would consider Yokohama to be near Tokyo.

Also...

Yokohama is a 17 minute train journey from Tokyo
Pattaya to Bangkok would take 2 and a half hours, from when it decides to turn up

^ I can do Korat to Bangkok in just over 3 hours, with motivation and a back wind.

^Is that the old white knuckle minibus and "Khrung Thep soi yee sip sam khrap, big tipp, khrap"?