Khun Phawat is used to dealing with drug addicts but this guy seemed to "not be on this planet" His ID card showed that he was a Khun Tanya Kaew-ngarm, aged 50, from Takhien Tia district in nearby Banglamung
Khun Tanya explained that his mission today was quite simple. He needed to go to the temple to get the Abbot to exorcise evil demons that had taken over his body. Apparently he had become possessed after being kept awake all night by a Cambodian man in the next room praying loudly all night.
Khun Phawat wasn't buying this and gave the possessed man a drugs test which turned purple. A positive test for Yaa Baa (methamphetamines) Handcuffs were applied and then a miracle occurred the demons fled and the man seemed sober and lucid.
Now the story gets even wieder if that is possible. The now un-possessed Khun Tanya said that no way had he taken Yaa Baa he had quite simple taken some Tiffy tablets. For those new to Thailand Tiffy is a be all end all cure for cold and flu that can be bought from any 7-eleven store. The drugs suppression officer didn't believe this story either but humoured his handcuffed suspect and crushed a Tiffy tablet in to his drug detection kit. Amazingly it turned purple.
Black magic? we will never know. The fish vendor Khun Tanya was released from his handcuffs and sent on his merry merry way.
