During the ensuing car chase, Pol Snr Sgt-Major Manas Seupho, 42, crashed his pickup truck into a house in tambon Na Kae then took a resident hostage at gunpoint and fled into the woods. 
	Police say they seized Manas&rsquo; truck and the illicit drugs as evidence. 
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Drug manhunt

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Drug manhunt

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