22 Buddhist monks arrested at Sri Lanka airport for allegedly hiding 242 pounds of marijuana in luggage

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Holy smokes! Twenty-two Buddhist monks were arrested at Sri Lanka’s international airport on Saturday for allegedly smuggling a record-breaking 242 pounds of marijuana — estimated to be worth $3.4 million — inside their luggage. The accused, primarily comprised of monks in training, allegedly stashed exactly “five kilos of the narcotic” apiece behind “false walls” in their luggage, according to a Sri Lanka Customs  spokesman. In all, authorities seized a whopping 242 pounds of kush, an

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