Burning of Holy incense during Mass liturgy is what is accepted to be the norm but on the contrary, some two altar servers decided to use weed in the censer-burner.

What started as a joke ended with the two altar boys from Spain being detained overnight, after having surprised members of the clergy and the entire congregation at the Santiago De Compostela Cathedral by putting half a kilo of marijuana in the censer-burner.

The other lay assistants present during the Mass suddenly discovered an odd smell.

“It did not smell as always, it was a familiar smell but I could not relate it to anything but weed”, said one of the lay servers.

After police interrogations, the boys confirmed that the strange smell was marijuana but according to them, they did so only to make sure Christians leave the Cathedral happier than ever.

“It was a joke, the idea came during the eve of the Mass. We bought more than half a kilo of weed and we drop it inside the censer-burner. We wanted to make sure people leave the Cathedral happier more than ever”, they confessed.

The boys have since been left to 'go and sin no more' but they will not be able to discharge their functions as altar boys any more.