AMRITSAR, July 3 -- The counter-intelligence (CI), Amritsar, team busted a cross-border narcotics and illegal arms smuggling module with links to Pakistan and arrested its three alleged operatives, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.

The police recovered eight sophisticated weapons, 1kg heroin and Rs.2.9 lakh drug money from their possession, Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Wednesday.

Those arrested have been identified as Sarabjit Singh, a resident of Saanke village in Ferozepur, Kulwinder Singh, a resident of Langiana village in Ferozepur and Ashmandeep Singh, a resident of Railway Road in Tarn Taran.

"The recovered weapons, include three 9mm Glock pistols, three .30-bore Chinese pistols and t...