Amritsar, April 24 -- Police busted a cross-border drug and arms smuggling module, arresting three persons and seizing 915 grams of ICE (methamphetamine) and five sophisticated pistols from their possession, Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Thursday.

Those arrested were identified as Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukha, 21, Sola Singh alias Sonu, 29, and Karan Singh, 22, all residents of Sahanke village in Ferozepur. The recovered weapons include two 9MM Glock and three .30-bore pistols along with two live cartridges.

Yadav said preliminary investigation revealed that the accused were in contact with Pakistan-based smugglers through social media platforms and were receiving contrabands through drones from across the...