A Buddhist monk has been arrested in Myanmar after authorities found more than 4 million methamphetamine pills in his car and in his monastery, police said Tuesday.
The monk was stopped Sunday as he drove in northern Rakhine state, which borders Bangladesh. Authorities had been tipped off that the monk was carrying an illegal substance, said Officer Maung Maung Yin.
Maung Maung Yin said an anti-drug task force found 400,000 pills in the monk's car. A subsequent search of his monastery turned up 4.2 million pills which is worth upwards of $4 million in street value. Along with a grenade and ammunition. One million kyats ($769) in cash was also found in the vehicle.
"This is not a normal case, and when we were informed that the monk was arrested, we were all shocked," said Kyaw Mya Win, a township police officer.
"It is not a very common case, but not impossible to happen. What will happen to the monk is that he will have to give up his monkhood right away and face trial as an ordinary person," he said.
It appears everyone has to make a little something, including Buddhist monks, but mabe next time he should try selling holy scriptures or beans of some sort. Everyone eats beans.
They some sneaky monks. But obviously not enough. That a lot of drugs.
ReplyDeleteI don't his monastery is going to approve of this.
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