Just another day at the temple - 30 guns, drugs found

 

 

In the latest raid on a Thai temple police and soldiers uncovered a cache of weapons any mafia hood would have been proud of.

 

In the quarters of Phra Niphon Mahapunyo they found what looked like war weapons. they were in fact BB guns.

 

He said before he became a monk he studied electronics at university - lots of the laity brought him guns to repair.

 

The raiding party found that they were all broken but still intended to investigate whether they were being adapted for the wrong purposes.

 

In another section of the temple in Donsak, Surat Thani there was Ya Ba and krathom leaves.

 

Four monks tested positive for drugs in their urine and were immediately defrocked ahead of prosecution. 

 

Source: http://www.tnews.co.th/contents/bg/389440

 

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5 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The raiding party found that they were all broken but still intended to investigate whether they were being adapted for the wrong purposes.

Hard to adapt a BB gun to anything very dangerous.

12 minutes ago, ramrod711 said:

Hard to adapt a BB gun to anything very dangerous.

Not hard for the BIB to come up with something mind-shattering which is about as intelligent as the headline - 30 guns found.

 

Ok sound good job but who wants to bet the defrocked men do not just rejoin a different temple under a new name. Difficult to track. Maybe a scientific approach like DNA could protect the integrity of Buddhism if it is so important?

Ok sound good job but who wants to bet the defrocked men do not just rejoin a different temple under a new name. Difficult to track. Maybe a scientific approach like DNA could protect the integrity of Buddhism if it is so important?

I wonder whether they were "long time" monks or those chaps who "ordain" for a couple of months (or less). The cynic in me observes that such "temporary" ordinations seem to peak just before rice planting/ harvesting time - when there is a bit of hard work in the offing!

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wrong headline wrong article

leads to false conclusions

 

bad press work

The question here is the obvious: Why is there at all any kind of presense of something that could possibly look like a gun or drugs, in a place that according to the religion is created as a place of peace and understanding? I guess it´s time for the Sangha Supreme Council to come up with some answers or solutions.

A very misleading headline, not for the first time.

8 hours ago, sweatalot said:

wrong headline wrong article

leads to false conclusions

 

bad press work

Normal, lf you hadn't noticed previously. 

Here in rural Phitsanulok it seems as monks come and go on a regular basis. Some have even traveled across Thailand to stay in this tiny and somewhat isolated village. One guy came from Chiang Mai and when asked why, he replied that this temple was far from home and he could relax here.

 

The monk in the photo might look menacing, but he was really rather friendly and offered me some water. I haven't seen him lately...

11 hours ago, ramrod711 said:

Hard to adapt a BB gun to anything very dangerous.

You can easily use them for robbing a bank as they look very realistic.

Trying to get away with the stolen money with cops chasing you sounds dangerous to me (the trying to get away part that is, as traffic is killing).

Temples need guns to stop people trying to get their hands on the monks ill gotten wealth.

The WAT SWAT team.

"Onward Buddhist soldiers, marching as to war...."

2 hours ago, Get Real said:

The question here is the obvious: Why is there at all any kind of presense of something that could possibly look like a gun or drugs, in a place that according to the religion is created as a place of peace and understanding? I guess it´s time for the Sangha Supreme Council to come up with some answers or solutions.

They need a real Zen Master --- these Temples are jokes

Another arms cache...democracy will have to wait.

Absurdity - yet again. Those are all air soft guns - headline totally misleading. 

 

Last I checked air soft guns are not illegal in Thailand 

12 hours ago, ramrod711 said:

Hard to adapt a BB gun to anything very dangerous.

Temples are where many sick people go to become monks for a while and be healed.

They are the perfect hiding place it now seems, however the catholic church has a lot to answer for in the abuse of children

You can easily convert a bb gun to a real gun ,many video's on you tube to learn how to do it , it is not very safe ,they sometimes jam ......and then you can bring them back to the temple because they give guaranty ?

 

 

Good to see no vaping equipment found or the  defrocking could have been very serious .

kudos to the police for making this effort...please continue and clean up the temples...

Local sparrows were reportedly overcome with relief due to this terroristic threat being discovered and eliminated from right under their beaks. 

13 hours ago, ramrod711 said:

Hard to adapt a BB gun to anything very dangerous.

What about a fully automatic bb gun. Lol

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

The WAT SWAT team.

(S)wat team 6

1 hour ago, OmarZaid said:

They need a real Zen Master --- these Temples are jokes

Buddhism here has the usual Thai slant, money and rackets. There's one controversy after another.

I may be wrong but you never seem to see a foreign man who takes up the monk life do it in Thailand. They'd be appalled. I'm fairly sure the rackets etc don't  go on in the monasteries in Nepal etc.

3 hours ago, Get Real said:

The question here is the obvious: Why is there at all any kind of presense of something that could possibly look like a gun or drugs, in a place that according to the religion is created as a place of peace and understanding? I guess it´s time for the Sangha Supreme Council to come up with some answers or solutions.

You jest of course, come up with answers 55555555

53 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

Temples are where many sick people go to become monks for a while and be healed.

They are the perfect hiding place it now seems, however the catholic church has a lot to answer for in the abuse of children

not forgetting the all the other religions, or are you a bit biased as an ex Catholic? 

I nearlt creamed my pants looking at this weaponary until I read the story made my spunk go clunk ! anyone have any information where one can aquire such good looking BB guns ? Many there look so realalistic and I have never seen them available !!!

But guns looked quite real, so could be used with ill intent and drugs with positive test for yaba, all this at a temple ?

probably another group of "Red Shirt" followers, Mr Prayut???