Sunday May 27, 2012

Sewing needles found in sweet buns in Saitama

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.

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    Altria

    Were they Abe sweet buns?

    Who in Saitama would do such a thing?

  • 0

    lipscombe

    its that crazy old bat fish lady again

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    timorborder

    Because of stories like this, Saitama always seems to be the butt of many jokes.

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    lipscombe

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

  • 0

    timeon

    Da Saitama

  • 0

    amejin

    Hmm.. time to search "Little Obasan Bakery" for sewing needles.

  • 0

    wilbur

    eat chinese buns they're safer

  • 0

    DenshaDeGO

    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?

  • 0

    LFRAgain

    lipscombe,

    I was gonna say, the first place to start checking might be local Mom & Pop bakeries near the drugstore.

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    WilliB

    another nutcase on the loose

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    KitsuneYoukai

    Ouch! That's scary.

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    sabinuki

    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.

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