Police in Germany have arrested a 55 year-old man on suspicion of threatening to poison food in supermarkets unless large sums of money were paid<br /><br />Prosecutors in Baden-Württemberg said the man is being held on suspicion of attempted blackmail. <br /><br />Earlier this month several shops received emails threatening to poison unspecified food items unless ten million euros was paid.<br /><br />The blackmailer contact police to inform them that five jars of baby food had already been tampered with in stores in the south of the country. <br /><br />The food was found to be contaminated with a chemical used in antifreeze. <br /><br />Video images of the suspect were released last week.<br />
