Police officer drops loaded gun while guarding PM Abe's motorcade

A police officer lost a loaded pistol while guarding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's motorcade in Wakayama, western Japan, on Friday night, police said, but the gun was returned about an hour later.There were no signs it had been fired, the police said, while declining to disclose how many bullets were loaded.The police disclosed the incident at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, more than six hours later, and apologized for the delay."It is very regrettable that such an incident occurred. We will make every effort to prevent a recurrence," Katsuro Matoba, security division chief at the prefectural pol…READ FULL ARTICLE