Couple held for snatching baby

In safe hands: The baby after she was recovered from the couple at Hospital Tanah Merah in Kelantan.

TANAH MERAH: A husband and wife were arrested for snatching a five-day-old baby from the district hospital paediatric ward.The woman was believed to be suffering from post-partum depression after they lost their child in June, and in desperation they kidnapped the baby on Monday.

In the 6.30pm incident, the 26-year-old suspect, who is a mechanic, pretended to be the father of the baby girl to dupe everyone in the ward and went through the standard procedure to discharge the baby.