Cops arrest monks for meth
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- An abbot and two monks were arrested on Monday for reportedly taking drugs after a gang told police they sold yaba pills to monks at a Buddhist temple in Pak Tho district.

Residents close to the temple had also complained to police that monks were taking drugs.

Police searched the living quarters of 46-year-old abbot Phra Baideekawisan Jattapayo and found drug paraphernalia.

Full story http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/09/08/cops-arrest-monks-meth


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-09-08

I guess they'd thought they'd never be caught. Being a meth head makes you reckless though.

They are just men in orange robes!

An abbot and two monks were arrested on Monday for reportedly taking drugs after a gang told police...

Dobbed in by the competition.....?

Edited September 8, 201510 yr by MrBrilliant

This is a shame...

There are many good monks, unfortunately there are many bad ones too, is it not time that Buddhism in Thailand did some serious navel gazing???

May be monks for life instead of a few days...

Yep. Buddhists are as susceptible to corruption as Catholic priests and evangelical Preachers. Sad state of organized religion. And won't even mention Islamic extremists!

That will teach them for not providing the police with free sample packs

Wow that's really bad camera work---------I cant even see their heads......

Also where's the pointing---a bust is not a bust without the pointing.....................................

I guess they'd thought they'd never be caught. Being a meth head makes you reckless though.

We will just have to take your word for this..............................

How misleading, I was expecting a story of cops that agreed to arrest some Monks in return for some meth.

They are just men in orange robes!

and meths is just a chemical

They are just men in orange robes!

and meths is just a chemical

Methy results if you take it, thorry i haven't had my coffee yet

Edited September 8, 201510 yr by soalbundy

They are just men in orange robes!

and meths is just a chemical

Methy results if you take it, thorry i haven't had my coffee yet

Your joketh thuck.

OK, I was wrong. I also thought the story was about cops that agreed to arrest some Monks in return for some meth, as did another poster.

I also thought the resident Thai bashers would be all over this one like a cheap suit.

Early days yet !

Thai Buddhist monks will help you getting high.

Look on the positive side. They could probably get through the what seems like an eternity chanting at a Thai wedding when you're getting a killer Charlie Horse in your thigh in 2 minutes flat.

Looking for enlightenment...... and a dam good party.

This is a shame...

There are many good monks, unfortunately there are many bad ones too, is it not time that Buddhism in Thailand did some serious navel gazing???

May be monks for life instead of a few days...

I don't think that mandatory monks for life thing worked all that well for the Catholic Church. Read up on the history of the clergy during the ninth and tenth centuries, or the Renaissance Popes. Even the conditions in the monasteries in the sixteenth century. Heck, look at the sex scandals of the last fifty years among Priests! Their vows are much stricter than those of monks.

Edited September 8, 201510 yr by Acharn

the answer to everything.... authority, blame, punishment. I'm sure sending them to prison to be with other crack-head types will solve everything. One would think being on that stuff would be a punishment in itself. Better not let any monks within 300m of schools...

I don't believe it.

Yep. Buddhists are as susceptible to corruption as Catholic priests and evangelical Preachers. Sad state of organized religion. And won't even mention Islamic extremists!

Yes, but the story has to do with Thai monks in Thailand. There are articles about the others..but this one is about Thai monks.

Thai cops arrest monks for meth

1. breath

2. addiction

Sorry but I would have thought it would be

Thai cops arrest monks for possession of meths