In a major crackdown, the Maharashtra ATS on Tuesday arrested one of the major suppliers of charas, also known as Manali cream, from Himachal Pradesh. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) teams have been carrying out multiple raids in Himachal Pradesh for the past two months after various cases having links to the state were transferred to it.

In a covert operation led by ATS DIG Shivdeep Lande, the agency nabbed Rumi Thakur, who is allegedly a hotelier in Kullu district. According to ATS sources, Thakur is the kingpin of charas suppliers who sent it to Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore and Pune. He supplied Manali cream on the pretext of running a hotel, Riverview.