Sumo stables searched after wrestlers fail marijuana tests

TOKYO, Japan - Russian sumo wrestler Hakurozan speaks to reporters in front of the Kitanoumi stable in Tokyo headed by Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi to which he belongs on Sept. 3. Police searched three locations Sept. 2 through Sept. 3 after he and his brother wrestler Roho tested positive for marijuana in the wake of the arrest of another Russian grappler on suspicion of possessing the drug.

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