Sri Lanka detains 22 Buddhist monks for drug smuggling

COLOMBO — Twenty-two Sri Lankan monks returning from Thailand were arrested on Sunday at the main international airport with 110 kilograms (242 pounds) of powerful cannabis, officials said. A Sri Lanka Customs spokesman said the group, returning home after a four-day holiday in the Thai capital, had Kush — a potent, plant-based strain of cannabis — hidden in their luggage. “Each carried about five kilos of the narcotic concealed within false walls in their luggage,” the spokesman said, adding that the monks had been handed over to police. READ: Bad abbot: Thai temple left empty after monks fail drug tests […]... Keep on reading: Sri Lanka detains 22 Buddhist monks for drug smuggling

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