Ferozepur, Jan. 29 -- Punjab Police, in coordination with the BSF, has foiled a major cross-border smuggling attempt near a border outpost in Fazilka district and recovered a large cache of arms, ammunition and narcotics, a top police officer said on Thursday.

Punjab director general of police (DGP), Gaurav Yadav, said 2.1 kg of heroin and 21 sophisticated pistols along with ammunition were recovered in the operation.

These included 11 Glock pistols along with 22 magazines, one Baretta pistol with one magazine, five Zigana pistols with 10 magazines, three Norinco pistols with five magazines, one Ghaffar Security pistol (MP-5 type) with one magazine, and 310 live cartridges (9 mm), the DGP said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that P...