Minoriteeburg
05-01-2006, 18:59
Feces in 2 mailboxes stain 140 New Year cards
FUNABASHI, Chiba -- Human feces have been found in two mailboxes, staining more than 140 New Year cards, police said.
A woman found a mailbox stained in Funabashi at about 5:40 a.m. on Thursday and alerted the Funabashi-Higashi Police Station.
Officers then discovered that human excrement had been placed in the mailbox and another one some 800 meters away. They are investigating the case.
A total of 147 New Year cards inside the two letter boxes had been stained with feces, police said.
Funabashi-Higashi Post Office plans to return the cards to the senders after cleaning them and will also give the senders fresh New Year cards and towels as an apology. (Mainichi)
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060105p2a00m0na024000c.html
FUNABASHI, Chiba -- Human feces have been found in two mailboxes, staining more than 140 New Year cards, police said.
A woman found a mailbox stained in Funabashi at about 5:40 a.m. on Thursday and alerted the Funabashi-Higashi Police Station.
Officers then discovered that human excrement had been placed in the mailbox and another one some 800 meters away. They are investigating the case.
A total of 147 New Year cards inside the two letter boxes had been stained with feces, police said.
Funabashi-Higashi Post Office plans to return the cards to the senders after cleaning them and will also give the senders fresh New Year cards and towels as an apology. (Mainichi)
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060105p2a00m0na024000c.html