India, April 7 -- The Rajasthan anti-terrorism squad (ATS) and Barmer police have busted a cross-border smuggling module, revealing a tech-driven network that used GPS coordinates, encrypted calls and "dead drop" methods to move drugs, cash and possibly weapons across the India-Pakistan border, police said.

Additional director general (ADG) of Police Dinesh MN said the breakthrough came after the arrest of Salman Khan and Shankar Ram. During interrogation, Khan revealed that for the past six months, he had allegedly been in direct contact with a Pakistan-based handler, Masad , through a local contact, Rahim Khan.

The handler allegedly lured him with money and operated the network remotely by sharing precise locations via WhatsApp calls ...