With Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) not making headlines for some time, citizens may have wondered whether the elite outfit was on a sabbatical. In reality, amidst scarce terror intelligence the specialised unit has been shadowing less eye-catching offenders like robbers and hoax callers.

Operation robbery: Maharashtra ATS chief Rakesh Maria said that they had information that the robbers were carrying weapons. The robbers were intercepted at Marine Drive and the cops recovered a 9 mm pistol, two revolvers, an 8 mm handgun and a toy gun. File pic