Prosecutors get papers on Kanagawa police cover-up case

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The photo shows Kanagawa prefectural police headquarters in Yokohama. On Nov. 14, the prefectural police sent papers to prosecutors on six of their senior officials and three former colleagues on suspicion of involvement in the cover-up of a fellow officer's drug use in 1996.

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