Police found Phra Phaisal 59, whose layman's name is Phaisal Punthong, driving a car at an intersection in South Pattaya at 12.10am on Tuesday. The monk appeared drunk and his blood alcohol test showed 183 mg/dL. He said he came from his Wat Chai Magalaram in Pathum Thani's Lam Lukka district to visit a relative in Pattaya. Police took him to be defrocked at the Wat Tham Samakkhi in South Pattaya.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 31, 2017 02:03 UTC