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KALASIN - A 41-year-old monk who told police he took methamphetamine to slim down has been charged with using an illegal drug.
Athikanprayong Papassaro, 41, the abbot of a temple in tambon Kut Khao of Kuchinarai district, was arrested while using methamphetamine, or yaba, in his living quarters, according to a report in Spring News.
The abbot, who has been in the monkhood for 13 years, confessed that he had been taking a few yaba pills daily to lose weight since his weight ballooned to 90kg. The drug reduces a person's appetite.
Police said they seized seven speed pills, drug equipment and several pornographic CDs from his quarters.
The man was asked to leave the monkhood and taken into custody.
Kalasin police arrest a monk who confessed that he had been taking a fill speed pills to lose weight. Several gay porn CDs were also found in his quarters.