An abbot and his accomplice who ran a drug rehab center in Nakon Nayok have been busted for peddling drugs.
Phra Khru Opatthamchot and his sidekick Suwan Imsamai charged people hooked on drugs 500 baht each for treatment at their centre connected to Wat Khao Perm Sri Sawang.
But their potions masquerading as old fashioned Thai remedies aroused the suspicions of members of the public who contacted a drug hotline on 1386.
Undercover officers went in to buy two quantities of two different remedies that were on sale for 100 baht a bottle. All the evidence was sent to the lab.
Both varieties were found to contain the restricted drug methamphetamine and caffeine.
Yesterday a large raiding party of local and regional cops descended on the temple and arrested the abbot, aged 61, and his forty three year old helper.
They have been charged with dealing in Class 1 drugs.