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Man wakes up in Utah hotel after being knocked out by co-workers who tried to drug him, police say

Provo police are searching for two men who allegedly assaulted, kidnapped and tried to drug another man.

Detective Nick Dupaix said police received a report about the attack at 8 a.m. Saturday. Employees of the Provo Super 8 motel said two men were chasing a third man around motel buildings and through the parking lot.

When police contacted the victim, he said he was meeting Joseph Tukuafu and William Pauni to go to work with them, Dupaix said. Dupaix didn’t know the specific relationship of the three men, whether they were going to a steady job together or whether the work was short term.