Sri Lankan monks arrested after 110kg of cannabis discovered in their luggage

Flora Drury, BBC Sinhala / BBC News · BBC, 27 April 2026

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Tier-A wire reporting on the airport-customs arrest of 22 monks in Sri Lanka. Legal status as of cited reporting: arrested, produced before court. No conviction reported at citation date.

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