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Buddhist Monk Charged With Stashing 4 Million Meth Pills in Monastery
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| Feb 7 2017, 11:54 am ET
Posted on 02/07/2017 9:56:27 AM PST by BenLurkin
YANGON, Myanmar — 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 haul, 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 — worth upwards of $4 million in street value — along with a grenade and ammunition....
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: drugsmuggling; freepun; lotusposition
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posted on
02/07/2017 9:56:27 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Well, you gotta put ‘em SOMEWHERE.
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posted on
02/07/2017 9:57:40 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Not tired of winning yet!)
To: BenLurkin
What are the drug laws there?
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posted on
02/07/2017 9:59:04 AM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: BenLurkin
When the calming effects of meditation are not enough, you can always go the other way and smoke some meth.
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posted on
02/07/2017 9:59:34 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: Farmer Dean
Dunno, but I’m guessing this guy is in big trouble.
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posted on
02/07/2017 9:59:54 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Those prayer wheels don’t turn themselves!
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posted on
02/07/2017 9:59:59 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
Nirvana can be so expensive these days.
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:00:01 AM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: BenLurkin
Do the police get to impound the temple?
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:01:05 AM PST
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: Farmer Dean
Probably similar to your tagline.
On the bright side, he would do mantra faster than any other monk. ;-)
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:01:26 AM PST
by
TigersEye
(Winning. Winning winning winning every day!!!)
To: chajin
Perhaps it will be sold at auction.
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:01:48 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
Cleanest temple floors you have ever seen though...
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:02:10 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:02:23 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
He's been borrowing from the dark realm...
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:02:45 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: BenLurkin
He's been borrowing from the dark realm...
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:02:48 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: BenLurkin
somebody’s got to get drugs off the street .
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:03:24 AM PST
by
stylin19a
(Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
To: BenLurkin
The tipoff was the car. It was a beat up old camaro.
CC
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:04:32 AM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: Abathar
...but the rice is always overcooked.
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:04:34 AM PST
by
TigersEye
(Winning. Winning winning winning every day!!!)
To: BenLurkin
I don’t know how they got here. Last week Richard Gere visited and ....HEY! Wait a minute.....
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:04:46 AM PST
by
llevrok
(je sui cou rouge !)
To: BenLurkin
Hey, what can you say? Staying awake during those marathon meditation session sometimes takes a bit of help....
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posted on
02/07/2017 10:06:35 AM PST
by
apillar
To: BenLurkin
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02/07/2017 10:17:38 AM PST
by
MUDDOG
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