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A 67-year-old fish shop owner was arrested on Sunday for putting sewing needles inside fish sold at a rival supermarket in Higashi-Osaka. Kazuko Yamamoto was arrested for allegedly putting sewing needles inside fish sold at the supermarket around 3:35 p.m. on Sunday after an undercover police officer caught her in the act.
Yamamoto was quoted by police as saying, “I have hated the supermarket because our sales declined since they opened. I put needles in their fish and meat products.” Police said about 20 similar cases have been reported in the same supermarket since April, 2006.
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KyouNoNippon
Really just sad. The passing of a generation.
Sagecat
It sounds like the "Wal*Mart effect."
blvtzpk
Stitching up the opposition, apparently.
Altria
Guess she really wanted them out of town, by hook or by crook.
Glad the police have this case sewn up.
lipscombe
needleless attempt to spike the competition.
timorborder
Food tampering is not a joke. They should hang this guy out to dry.
some14some
Fish owner vs Sumo oyakata - Konomiya supermarket was named by NHK's evening news ! Anyway, seems case of a mentally disturbed lady.
Spidey
She was caught "hook, line and sinker."
Talk about a red herring!
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moonbeams
blvtzpk, alrtia, lipscombe: =) spidey: =(
Jandals
caught out needling the opposition...
meija
How could they pin this crime on a 67 year old? That's just sad.
On the other hand, hell hath no fury like an obaa-san scorned.
romulus3
what a pr"ck of a thing to do
TheManiac
Sounds fishy.
wilbur
i never realized selling dead fish was such a cut-throat business
Nessie
Prison time.
serindipity
It's amazing how much a lifetime of eating fish full of mercury can affect your judgment, isn't it? Stupid old bag! She's lucky she didn't kill anybody!
outofmydepth
stress related, i`m sure.
Pukey2
Sorry, but it was a WOMAN. You know, women are capable of committing hideous crimes too.
pepelepew
Don't joke too much about it.
You swallow a needle - you die.
OssanULTRA
and all this time i thought they were bones
Antonios_M
Too much 'Higurashi no naku koro ni'....