NEGOMBO : The Negombo Magistrate’s Court has issued an order to detain and interrogate for seven days the 22 Buddhist monks arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake with over 110 kilograms of Kush cannabis and Hashish.
The order was issued by Additional Magistrate of Negombo when the arrested monks were produced before the court on Sunday, April 26, and based on a request made by the police.
Meanwhile, the alleged main ringleader, also a Buddhist monk, who is said to have led this group of monks and orchestrated the crime, was arrested on Sunday by officers of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) in the Meegahamulla area of Gampaha.
