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Sri Lanka arrests 22 monks with US$3.5 million worth of cannabis in record haul

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Sri Lanka arrests 22 monks with US$3.5 million worth of cannabis in record haul
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Twenty-two Sri Lankan monks returning from Thailand were arrested on Sunday at the main international airport with 110kg (242lbs) 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.

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