Photos: Monks Arrested With 4million Meth Pills, A Grenade And Ammo In Their Monastery

Three Buddhist monks have been arrested in Burma after authorities found more than 4million methamphetamine pills in one of their cars and in their monastery, police said on Tuesday. One of the monks, named Arsara, was stopped on Sunday as he drove in northern Rakhine state, which borders Bangladesh, Officer Maung Maung Yin said. Authorities had been tipped off that the monk was carrying an illegal haul.

Maung Maung Yin said an anti-drug task force found 400,000 pills in the monk's Toyota Kluger.

A subsequent search of his monastery turned up 4.2 million pills along with a grenade and ammunition. 

In total, three Buddhist monks were arrested: Arsara also known as Min Naing, Pyin Nyar Nanda also known as Aye Lwin, and Khone Na La also known as Thein Shwe.

A statement from the office of Burma's leader, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, said that one million kyats ($769) in cash was also found in the vehicle.