Sewing needles found in sweet buns in Saitama

Wednesday 09th July, 09:41 AM JST

SAITAMA —

Three sewing needles were found in three sweet buns sold at a drugstore in June and July in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, police said on Wednesday. Three people bought the products but none of them were injured.

According to police investigations, the needles were found in buns bought by a 72-year-old man on June 23, a 14-year-old boy on July 6 and a 36-year-old woman on Tuesday at the same store. The needles are about 3 cm long.

Police said the buns were made by the same maker at factories in Chiba and Ibaraki Prefectures.

In March, a sewing needle was found at another supermarket about 500 meters away from the drugstore. Police are investigating the relationships between these cases.

12 Comments

Altria at 10:56 AM JST - 9th July

Were they Abe sweet buns?

Who in Saitama would do such a thing?
lipscombe at 10:57 AM JST - 9th July

its that crazy old bat fish lady again
timorborder at 11:05 AM JST - 9th July

Because of stories like this, Saitama always seems to be the butt of many jokes.
lipscombe at 11:10 AM JST - 9th July

that's because its the butt of japan, suburban sprawling hell
timeon at 12:13 PM JST - 9th July

Da Saitama
amejin at 12:46 PM JST - 9th July

Hmm.. time to search "Little Obasan Bakery" for sewing needles.
wilbur at 12:54 PM JST - 9th July

eat chinese buns they're safer
DenshaDeGO at 01:10 PM JST - 9th July

that's because its the butt of japan, suburban sprawling hell

you've obviously never visited Nagoya.

"Sweet buns" meaning those with anko bean paste in them?
LFRAgain at 01:47 PM JST - 9th July

lipscombe,

I was gonna say, the first place to start checking might be local Mom & Pop bakeries near the drugstore.
WilliB at 11:34 PM JST - 9th July

another nutcase on the loose
KitsuneYoukai at 02:15 AM JST - 10th July

Ouch! That's scary.
sabinuki at 04:13 PM JST - 10th July

Police said the buns were made by the same maker at factories in Chiba and Ibaraki Prefectures.

Were some of the ingredients imported from non-Japanese countries? C'mon, I'm sure we can blame the outside for this one too.