UTTARADIT- Four monks at a temple in Lab Lae district have been kicked out for using methamphetamines, or ya ba, a report said.
Police and volunteers conducted urine drug tests on all the monks at Wat Doi Mul in Lab Lae district after receiving several complaints from local residents.
Four monks tested positive for methamphetamine -- Banchob Keawrattana, Somchai Suwannasuk, Anurak Unmak and Thanongsak Srichu-im.
Police said the four had no previous record of drug use and they therefore asked the temple abbot to defrock them.
The monks admitted to drug abuse and were now voluntarily joining the drug rehabilitation program, police said.