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BUDDHIST MONK ARRESTED FOR COUNTERFEITING MONEYA head-scratching headline from Sri Lanka: "Buddhist monk arrested for counterfeiting money". Then there was the July 10, 2018 headline: "Buddhist monk arrested for strangling police officer to death". Not the same monk, I guess. -Editor A Buddhist monk has been arrested in Chilaw on suspicion of counterfeiting money. Sri Lankan police arrested the monk who was in possession of counterfeit 1000 rupee notes after receiving information from businesses in the area, where the monk has attempted to make purchases using the counterfeit money. Counterfeiting equipment including two printers, a scanner and 200 sheets of special printing paper used for counterfeits were found by police when searching the monk’s resident temple in Mahameddewa, Navagaththegama.
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