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23 monks remanded over Thailand drug smuggling case
Twenty‐three (23) monks arrested in connection with smuggling Kush and Hash drugs from Thailand were today ordered to be remanded
Summary
The suspects were produced before the court after being taken into custody at Katunayake Airport on April 25, when 112 kilograms of Kush and Hash were discovered in their luggage upon arrival from Thailand. The group of monks had reportedly returned from a tour in Thailand when they were intercepted by airport authorities. All 23 suspects were remanded once again today.
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People
- Chandrakumara Dayarathna
- Negombo Magistrate
- Amithananda
- Abeysekara
- Rajapaksa
- Kush
Organisations
- Negombo Additional Magistrate
- Police Narcotics Bureau
- Kaduwela Magistrate
- Negombo Magistrate
- Court
Places
- Thailand2
- Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport
- Katunayake Airport
- Sri Lanka
- Gampaha
Keywords
- smuggling2
- monks2
- drug2
- hash2
- trafficking
- produced
- remanded
- suspects
- twenty
- back
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