Police said Monday that a U.S. serviceman stationed at the Yokosuka naval base has been arrested for trespassing after he illegally entered the grounds of a private residence while drunk.

Police were quoted by TBS as saying they received a report from a man living in Yokosuka that a stranger was in his garden at around 2 a.m. on Sunday. Police arrived at the scene to find the 20-year-old serviceman inebriated, and arrested him at the scene.

During questioning, the accused was quoted by police as saying he went in because he thought it was his friend's house.

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