Police arrested a Vietnamese man who not only stole from a supermarket in Butterworth but also attempted to take an 11-month-old baby hostage while trying to escape in an incident on Jalan Telaga Air today.

Seberang Perai Utara district police chief Anuar Abd Rahman said that in the incident at 12.45pm, the supermarket supervisor saw the man trying to escape from the premises with several weighed seafood items without making payment.