Pune's anti-narcotics squad arrested 27-year-old Sunny Sham Gumane in Mundhwa for allegedly arriving to sell ganja. Officers seized 3 kg of ganja, valued at Rs 1.51 lakh, and registered a case under the anti-narcotics law at Mundhwa police station.
Gumane lives at Gayran Vasti in Keshavnagar, Mundhwa.[1][2][3]
Officers seized three kilograms of ganja and a mobile phone from him, putting
the total seized property at Rs 1.61 lakh.[1][2][3]Police valued the ganja itself
at Rs 1.51 lakh.[1][3]The crime branch squad was patrolling the Mundhwa area
when police employee Sandip Shirke received a tip that a person would arrive to
sell ganja, after which the squad laid a trap and detained Gumane.[1]Officers
found the ganja when they checked the bag he was carrying, and seized three
kilograms of ganja.[1]
A case was registered against him at Mundhwa police station under the
anti-narcotics law.[1][2]Police said investigation is continuing into from whom
Gumane had brought the ganja.[1]The operation was carried out under the
guidance of Deputy Commissioner of Police Gauhar Hasan and Assistant
Commissioner Shankar Khatke.[1]Senior Police Inspector Tripti Sonawane,
sub-inspectors and constables including Yogesh Kotkar, Asha Bhingare, Vitthal
Salunke, Sandip Raje, Nilesh Jadhav, Atul Kshirsagar, Tushar Salunke, Kiran
Jadhav and Vishal Bhillare were part of the squad.[1]
The anti-narcotics squad detained the youth on 30 October 2026 after constable Sandip Shirke received a tip about ganja sale while patrolling Pune.[2]The squad raided the Sharadnagar, Gayran Vasti area in Mundhwa and found 3 kg25 g of greenish ganja with seeds, buds and stalks in a blue bag during a search before witnesses.[2]Police valued the ganja at Rs 1,51,250 and the seized Redmi mobile phone at Rs 10,000.[2]
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Arrested
1
Cannabis
3 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 151,000
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency, Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Divya Marathidivyamarathi.bhaskar.comMRमुंढव्यात गांजा विक्रीसाठी आलेला तरुण अटकेत: तीन किलो गांजा आणि मोबाइलसह 1.61 लाखांचा मुद्देमाल जप्त - Pune News
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The article gives no separate date for the trap and arrest; 2026-11-01 is the source's publication date.
The 3 kg weight and Rs 1.51 lakh ganja valuation are police figures as reported; no independent weighing is reported.
No court outcome beyond registration of the case at Mundhwa police station is reported.
Only one source for this event was opened; a second report could not be obtained.
The same page carries a separate chain-snatching arrest report from Mahatma Phule Mandai, a different event left out here.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Divya Marathi: Pune's anti-narcotics squad arrested 27-year-old Sunny Sham Gumane in the Mundhwa area after he allegedly arrived there to sell ganja.
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