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SURIN - Police have arrested a senior monk for illegal possession and use of methamphetamine.

Atikarnpranan Titpunyo, the abbot of Wat Pho Kaew Mongkol Neramit in Prasat district of Surin province, and Sorasak Suchato, a monk from Prakonchai district of Buri Ram province, were stopped at a police traffic check point. They were arrested after testing positive for the drug.

Drug paraphernalia and knives were found in their car and methamphetamine pills were found on the roadside near the checkpoint.

Phra Atikarnpranan at first denied the drugs were his but eventually confessed that he bought 20 pills for 6,800 baht from a dealer in Jomphra district. The two men admitted that they threw away the drugs after they saw the police.

They were charged with possession and use of methamphetamine and remain custody.

Photos by Nopparat Kingkaew

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hej munkene livet livet, måske skulle en tage en god lang ferie i en af templerne

Partying monks arrested

CHON BURI – Police raided a temple in Sattahip district and arrested several monks for throwing a party with alcohol, drugs and women at their living quarters.

They arrested five monks and seized drug paraphenalia, methamphetamine tablets, 10 bottles of alcohol, pornographic movies, women's underwear, knives and a gun.

Police said three women, age 18-25, were also found partying with the monks, however they slipped away.

The raid came after police caught two novice monks sneaking out of the temple during the night.

Police said the monks would be ejected from the monkhood and taken into police custody.

http://www.bangko...s-arrested

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Ha-ha,-ja det er sgu ligesom ved de gode katolikker (præsterne).
AL AFHOLDENHED fra kvinder og spiritus bringer sgu kun ulykker med sig %/(/

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AFHOLDENHED: det ord kender munkene ikke betydningen af :(