Drugs, bikes seized; 5 held in Jagatsinghpur

Five drug abusers were arrested and some drug substances and two bikes were seized by police here on Wednesday.

The arrested were identified as Biswaranjan Jena, Kamalakanta Swain, Abhisek Mohanty, Shakti Prasad Swain and Soumya Ranjan Ghadei of Jagatsinghpur town and its adjacent areas. Acting on a tipoff, a team of police led by Assistant Sub-Inspectors Rabindra Senapati and Jyoti Ranjan Das raided a youth club at Bagha Sahi here and nabbed the accused five drug abusers red-handed. Police said one of the abusers, Manua Chand, managed to flee from the spot. ASI Senapati said the drug substances seized from the alleged users were sent for testing to laboratory and investigation was on to unearth the source of supply of drugs and the trading network in Jagatsinghpur town.