Monk, policeman arrested in bust

Thu, 15 Dec 1994 | Source: REUTERS

BANGKOK (Reuter): Thai police said yesterday they had arrested a Buddhist monk, a policeman and three civilians on charges of drug trafficking.

Acting on a tip-off police raided a petrol station in a Bangkok suburb late on Tuesday and arrested the five men whom hey found in possession of 74,000 amphetamine tablets.

The monk was formally defrocked by a senior monk, then charged along with the four others.

Trafficking in amphetamines, a drug which stimulates the central nervous system, is punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment in Thailand.

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