AMRITSAR, Oct. 16 -- The Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border organised arms and narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan with the arrest of its three operatives and recovered 10 sophisticated pistols along with 500gm of opium from their possession, Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said on Wednesday.

Those arrested have been identified as Rajan alias Sagar (28), a resident of Faizpura in Amritsar, Surinder Singh alias Pali (24), a resident of Tali Wala village in Fazilka, and Jagjit Singh (25), a resident of Cheema Kalan in Tarn Taran. The recovered weapons include four 9MM Glock pistols and six .30-bore pistols.

In a statement issued here, Yadav said that preliminary investigation has reveale...