Ludhiana, Feb. 1 -- The Khanna police on Saturday arrested three individuals and seized 144 spools of prohibited plastic kite string, officials said. They said the crackdown comes over increasing concerns of the dangers posed by plastic kite strings to human life and the environment.

The arrests and seizures were made during special checking by teams from Sadar and Khanna City-2 police stations. In the first case, police seized 96 spools of the string from a pick-up auto. On being questioned, the accused, identified as Jaspreet Singh from Billan Wali Chappri, Khanna, and Jatin of Samadhi Road, Khanna, admitted they intended to sell the spools in local markets.

In another case, police arrested Rinku, a resident of Amloh Road, Khanna, aft...