Pune crime branch anti-narcotics team 2 arrested two men who officers said were preparing to sell cannabis near Swargate bus station.[1][2] They are Ashish Ramesh Shinde, 21, and Ashitosh, also known as Swapnil Somnath Kamble, 27.[1][2] Kamble lives in Shivtejnagar, Bibwewadi.[3][2] Pune Prime News places Shinde in Upper Bibwewadi, and Divya Marathi in PMT Colony, Upper Indiranagar, Bibwewadi.[4]

Officers were patrolling the Swargate police station area when the two men were seen behaving suspiciously near the bus station, and they were taken into custody and searched.[1] The search found ganja, the local name for cannabis, a mobile phone and cash.[1][2] Navarashtra and Divya Marathi reported 6 kg of ganja, which police valued at 3 lakh rupees, inside a seizure they put at 4.26 lakh rupees.[4] Pune Prime News, citing police, reported 6 kg 20 g of ganja and property worth 4,26,305 rupees, of which the ganja was valued at 3,01,000 rupees, the phones at 25,000 rupees and the cash at 115 rupees.[3]

Pune Prime News said the arrests were made on 28 October 2026 in the parking area beside the bus station.[3] Divya Marathi reported that a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered at Swargate police station.[4][2] Inspector Jeevan Mane’s team carried out the action under deputy commissioner Gauhar Hasan.[1][2]

Police said they had received information that two young men were coming to the station to sell ganja.[2]