An imperial palace police officer who works in the palace’s security division and escorts members of the imperial family has been charged with possessing DVDs that contain child pornography.

Papers were sent to prosecutors Monday on the officer who is in his 30s on charges of violating the Anti-Child Pornography Law, Fuji TV reported. Police said the DVDs contain sexually explicit images of underage girls.

In May, police arrested a dealer for selling child porn DVDs on the internet and launched an investigation into his client list, which contained about 7,000 names. The imperial palace guard’s name appeared on the list, and law enforcement officials found multiple DVDs after searching his home. The suspect has admitted to the allegations and resigned from his duties.

Police said the list of 7,000 also includes the names of several other police officers and officials from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

The distributor, who was arrested in May, took in more than 250 million yen from sales of the DVDs between January 2016 and April this year, police said.

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