Buddhist monk arrested for counterfeiting money

by Abi
Jul 22, 2018

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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