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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.
© Japan Today
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Altria
Were they Abe sweet buns?
Who in Saitama would do such a thing?
lipscombe
its that crazy old bat fish lady again
timorborder
Because of stories like this, Saitama always seems to be the butt of many jokes.
lipscombe
that's because its the butt of japan, suburban sprawling hell
timeon
Da Saitama
amejin
Hmm.. time to search "Little Obasan Bakery" for sewing needles.
wilbur
eat chinese buns they're safer
DenshaDeGO
you've obviously never visited Nagoya.
"Sweet buns" meaning those with anko bean paste in them?
LFRAgain
lipscombe,
I was gonna say, the first place to start checking might be local Mom & Pop bakeries near the drugstore.
WilliB
another nutcase on the loose
KitsuneYoukai
Ouch! That's scary.
sabinuki
Were some of the ingredients imported from non-Japanese countries? C'mon, I'm sure we can blame the outside for this one too.