TOKYO: 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 on 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 6 pm Thursday.
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