Sri Lanka, April 27 -- The alleged main suspect, a Buddhist monk, who is accused of orchestrating the movement of 22 members of the clergy arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with a large consignment of narcotics, has been ordered to be detained and interrogated for seven days until May 2.

The order was issued today (27) by Negombo Additional Magistrate Subhani Abeysekara when the suspect was produced before the Negombo Magistrate's Court.

The suspect is alleged to have been preparing to receive a large shipment of narcotics brought from Thailand at the BIA.

Following the arrest of 22 monks at the airport with narcotics, the main suspect reportedly fled the scene and went into hiding in the Miriswatta area before b...