Monk arrested in yaba sting operation

By Pratheep Nanthaparp 
The Nation

 

 

A 37-year-old Buddhist monk at Wat Sri Aun in Lampang’s Mae Tha district has been disrobed to face prosecution after being arrested in a drug sting operation early on Wednesday morning.

 

It is alleged that the Phuket-native monk, Yossapat Ratchaneekornkrailas, was dealing in “yaba” pills, which contain methamphetamine and caffeine. 

 

In the sting operation, the monk was contacted via Line chat by drug suspect Niran Khamwong, who had earlier been nabbed with 10 yaba pills and identified the monk as his supplier.

 

Niran allegedly asked to buy 200 yaba pills for Bt12,000, and the monk was apprehended during a drug-delivery appointment at the temple at 2am. It is alleged that he required a Bt6,000 advance payment to a bank account.

 

 

A subsequent search of Yossapat’s room at the temple yielded another 189 yaba pills and a notebook computer. The suspect was then taken to the temple abbot, Phra Kru Sirichaipipat, who defrocked him.

 

Yossapat later told police that he bought 200-400 yaba pills at a time from another dealer whom he had never met, as they only made contact via Facebook and Line.

 

The dealer’s subordinate would collect the money from him and then a package of pills would be left in the temple area.

 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30329596

 

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How does one know that an individual, with a history of bad deeds, is not genuinely seeking the "redemption" from such deeds that donning the saffron offers, that it is not their sincere intention to "turn around"?

 

Wouldn't the philosophy of the truly sincere temple dwellers be worthless if they were not prepared to welcome all that knock on their door and express that intent?

 

For there are indeed truly sincere temple dwellers.

 

 

Many people enter the temple to escape drug use and alcoholism. Some pull clear of it and some do not though their own weakness. I doubt whether he entered a temple to continue his business, he just can't free himself from it most likely.

 something doesn't make sense. they ordered 12000 baht of pills but needed to put 16000 in the bank? 

a shame Thais allow some criminals early release to be a monk.... 

its  hard to believe that the an abbot of a temple had no knowledge of things like this

Another one.!!

53 minutes ago, thesetat2013 said:

 something doesn't make sense. they ordered 12000 baht of pills but needed to put 16000 in the bank? 

a shame Thais allow some criminals early release to be a monk.... 

You need some new glasses,it was 6.000 THB.

regards worgeordie

The  disregarded animals at most temples far outnumber true Buddhist monks.

16 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

How does one know that an individual, with a history of bad deeds, is not genuinely seeking the "redemption" from such deeds that donning the saffron offers, that it is not their sincere intention to "turn around"?

 

Wouldn't the philosophy of the truly sincere temple dwellers be worthless if they were not prepared to welcome all that knock on their door and express that intent?

 

For there are indeed truly sincere temple dwellers.

 

 

As we say down the soi, Suck my d**k. I've stayed in "wats" all over the kingdom. Drugs, booze, boys, whores, all free or very cheap. Hinayana Buddhism is like Redneck Evangilism. No brains, mystic signs and a free lunch.

3 minutes ago, jippytum said:

The  disregarded animals at most temples far outnumber true Buddhist monks.

Your Buddhist monks are freeloaders. I've lived with them. But their weed is good stuff.

16 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

How does one know that an individual, with a history of bad deeds, is not genuinely seeking the "redemption" from such deeds that donning the saffron offers, that it is not their sincere intention to "turn around"?

 

Wouldn't the philosophy of the truly sincere temple dwellers be worthless if they were not prepared to welcome all that knock on their door and express that intent?

 

For there are indeed truly sincere temple dwellers.

 

 

Very Christian, very trite, very useless. But words are safer than deeds.