Islamabad , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- Three Pakistani men linked to Faisal Shahzad , the 30-year-old Pakistani-American who has pleaded guilty to the botched Times Square terror attack , were arrested and have confessed before a judge , authorities said Wednesday . This was not the first time that Shoaib Mughal , Humbal Akhtar and Muahammed Shahid have been the targets of Pakistani police operations . The three were arrested in May in connection with the same plot , but they appear not to have been charged and were released . The three were arrested as they traveled in a car on the outskirts of Islamabad , police said . They appeared before a judge where they confessed , Islamabad Deputy Police Chief Bin Yamin said . A 23-page confession statement was submitted for each defendant , he said . Police also said they found Pakistani Taliban literature and maps of the parliament building and the houses of the president and prime minister . Police say Shahzad stayed with Mughal during a visit to Pakistan last year . The three confessed to having received training from the Pakistani Taliban and to having had contact with senior members of that organization , including Hakimullah Mehsud and Qari Hussain , police said . According to their confessions , they took Shahzad to northwest Pakistan to meet with the Taliban leadership and to take part in training at least four or five times , Yamin said . Police said the men had wired $ 13,500 to Shahzad from Pakistan to the United States , and that they also helped him in the preparation of explosive materials . Prosecutors will present their case in court in 15 days , Yamin said . The three `` preached jihad and had strong hatred against normal people , including Americans , '' he said . Shahzad is accused of attempting to set off a vehicle bomb in Times Square on May 1 . The device failed to detonate . He was arrested two days later while trying to leave the country on a flight from New York 's John F. Kennedy International Airport . Shahzad 's arrest heightened concerns about the Pakistani Taliban , who authorities believe directed the Times Square plot . U.S. intelligence officials fear that the Taliban are plotting to strike within the United States and are targeting American interests overseas .
Three Pakistanis were arrested in connection with helping the suspect in the Times Square shooting . The three confessed to their involvement , police say . They helped Faisal Khan to meet and train with the Taliban leaders , police say . They were released Tuesday .