Suspect escapes police after officer nods off during questioning.

From the Daily Yomiuri:

MITO, JAPAN--A 24-year-old man escaped from Mito Police Station on Friday after a senior policeman fell asleep while questioning him on suspicion of theft, having consumed tea that was later found to contain a sleep-inducing drug.

The police said Saturday they had detected traces of a sleep-inducing drug in the urine of the officer and in the tea remaining in his cup, but the officer denied taking any sleeping pills.

The senior policeman said he lost consciousness suddenly, and the police are investigating how the sleep-inducing drug came to be mixed into the tea.