The police have searched 10 places related to the 2channel online bulletin board on suspicion that its operators assisted drug deals by failing to delete a post soliciting such transactions, according to sources.
The Metropolitan Police Department searched the 10 places, including a Sapporo-based computer company, on dates ranging from November last year to this month.
It is rare for the operator of an online bulletin board to be subjected to a criminal investigations for a message posted on it, observers said. (Yomiuri)
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