Territorial defence volunteers search for drug in a living quarters of Phra Sunthorn Sonkaew at Wat Chaimongkol in Khon Sawan district of Chaiyaphum on Sunday. (Photo: Makkawan Wannakul)
CHAIYAPHUM: A team of territorial defence volunteers raided a temple in Khon Sawan district of this northeastern province on Sunday and arrested a monk for using and selling methamphetamine pills, police said.
The raid, led by Phanthat Phu-sanga, a senior assistant district chief, followed reports from informants and complaints from local residents that the monk, Phra Suthorn Sonkaew, 40, had acted as a drug pusher selling meth pills to teenagers in the village.
Phra Suthorn, a monk at Wat Chaimongkol at Khon Sawan village in tambon Khon Sawan, at first denied the accusation, police said.
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