Police arrested a forty five 12 months old Buddhist monk for allegedly getting excessive on methamphetamine at a temple in the Isaan province Buriram. The monk allegedly informed police that a follower gave him the drugs as a merit reward and satisfied him to take it.
Satuek district police say they received a criticism from the Baan Kok Mueng temple’s abbot claiming that a monk at the temple was acting suspiciously and suspected the monk could be concerned in unlawful actions.
Police investigated the claims and had the monk, Thawatchai Konglert, do a urine drug take a look at on the spot. Police say the Thawatchai examined optimistic for medicine and was then pressured to go away the monkhood.
He allegedly advised police that a follower had supplied him the medicine, in addition to the tools to take the drugs, as a advantage present. Thawatchai allegedly informed police that he refused the reward at first, but when his follower got here back and persuaded him that it was a benefit gift, he determined to take it.
Bootleg has a history of drug use and have become a monk to begin a model new life, based on Pattaya News. He had been arrested in the past for allegedly possessing 15 methamphetamine pills. The Pattaya News didn’t report on if he was convicted or when the earlier arrest was.
SOURCE: Pattaya News
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