"The group, mostly junior monks in training from temples across Sri Lanka, were alleged to have carried about five kilos of the narcotic concealed within false walls in their luggage, according to a Sri Lanka customs spokesperson."
"Video posted on social media showed monks at the airport hiding their faces with their robes. The haul was valued at 1.1 billion rupees, making it the largest single detection of kush at the South Asian country's main international airport."
"A 23rd monk, believed to have organized the trip, was also arrested in a suburb of Colombo. The monk who did not join the trip told the other monks these parcels are a donation and that a van would come to collect the packages."
Twenty-two Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka were arrested after customs officials found 110kg of high-grade cannabis in their luggage at Colombo's airport. The monks, mostly junior trainees, had concealed about five kilos of the drug within false walls of their bags. They had returned from a four-day holiday in Thailand. The haul, valued at 1.1 billion rupees, is the largest single detection of cannabis at the airport. A 23rd monk, believed to have organized the trip, was also arrested. Previous incidents of drug smuggling at the airport include a British woman caught with 46kg of cannabis.
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