Chiang Rai, community leaders and abbots are stunned and troubled when a temple monk is found in possession and use of methamphetamine. Both are a drug rehabilitation center of the Narcotics Control Board and are about to be nominated as a model drug-free white temple this year on April 30, 2024. Reporters reported that From the case of a raid inside Tha Nam Temple, Village No. 3, Pa Daet Subdistrict, Pa Daet District, Chiang Rai Province, after receiving information from the abbot and community leaders. that a suspicious object was found I want officials to go check. And when the officers arrived, they found the suspicious object, a drug of the type methamphetamine (amphetamine), in the amount of 3 tablets, after questioning the novice who was in possession of it. He complained that the amphetamines belonged to an elderly monk. And when the said monk was taken to be tested for drugs, drugs were actually found in the body. The community therefore joined together to discuss the case in order to find appropriate management measures. Reporters went to Ban San Charoen, Village No. 3, Pa Daed Subdistrict, Pa Daed District, Chiang Rai Province, with a 16-year-old white novice novice (pseudonym) telling the story. Listen to that On the evening of April 28th last While sitting and chatting with the abbot and other novices inside the temple A novice monk named Daeng (pseudonym) aged 17 years walked past with both hands on his Angsa bag. Suspicious, agitated demeanor Anyone who approaches is pushed away. Don’t let me get close. It’s like having something illegal on you. Via Phrakhru Worathampitak Pa Daet Subdistrict Abbot and the abbot of Tha Nam Temple So he was summoned to come in and ask. and asked to see the contents of the bag, and when he took the contents out to look, he found that there were snacks. and a bag containing 3 pink medicine pills. When the novice monk was asked what kind of medicine they were, Novices also say that it is a medicine for treating heart disease. But the monk doesn’t believe it. and asked to confiscate said medicine for examination first After that, Luang Phor Chao Abbot asked the police to come and see. The police said that the drug was methamphetamine. After that, inquiries were made until it was revealed that the amphetamines belonged to a monk who was about 60 years old, and officials also found narcotic substances in the monk’s body. But the monk denied that he was the owner. and he himself was harassed by monks and novices in the temple.”After the said inspection The abbot had a worried expression. Because the abbot is a monk police. (Phra Vinayathi) and this temple is a model drug-free temple. It is a training center for drug cessation treatment for the Narcotics Control Board, but there are drugs inside the temple itself. Now the provincial governor has been informed. But he doesn’t know what action the elder monks will take next. Mr. Surachat Inkham, 57 years old, director of Ban San Charoen, said that the monk who was tested positive for drugs was a preacher. The monks have been ordained at the temple for a long time since its founding. Never had a history of involvement with drugs before As for the case of detecting narcotic drugs inside the temple He and the village committee discussed what to do. Because this Tha Nam Temple is a drug treatment center in Pa Daet Subdistrict, based on joint discussions with the village committee. There was a mutual agreement to invite the said statue to leave the area for the time being while it was inspected. And if the monk’s background is a villager in the area I want to stay at the temple. I want you to come out and accept it with the villagers. and promised not to get involved with drugs again. “In the past it was discovered that there were monks in the temple who were involved with drugs. But that monk has already been dismissed by the community. As for the novices who were in possession of drugs on the day they were discovered And from the investigation, it was found that they were not involved. There are no narcotic drugs in the body,” the director of Ban San Klang said. Wat Tha Nam is a treatment center for drug addicts of the Narcotics Control Board in the area of Pa Daet Subdistrict and is about to be nominated as a sample free temple. District drugs this year But there was a drug test found on the monks. This has caused great concern for both villagers, community leaders and the monks in the area.
