Three detained for tainted dairy products

Arrests over milk candies amid latest crackdown on melamine

Three suspects have been arrested in Shaanxi province for selling and producing melamine-tainted milk products, following a new crackdown on the goods that started on Monday.

The three - Ma Shuanglin, Zhang Wenxue and Zhu Shuming - were arrested on Tuesday in the city of Weinan, while a fourth person involved in the case was out on bail because of severe heart disease, Xu Qiang, deputy director of the Shaanxi provincial public security department, said at a press conference yesterday.