A SECURITY guard stopped a thief in the act in a Warminster supermarket this week.

At around 2.30pm on Monday, February 13, a man entered Morrisons in Weymouth Street with a foil-lined bag and filled it with £239 worth of alcohol.

The man was then confronted by a security guard from the store and became violent, taking his belt off and trying to hit the security guard with it before making off the from the scene.

A police investigation is currently under way.

A Morrisons spokesman said: "We're assisting the police with their enquiries."

If you have any information, contact police on 101.