Police raided a funeral home and removed 34 bodies, and a man and a woman were arrested

Two people have been arrested as part of an investigation into a funeral director in northern England.

Humberside Police said a 46-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of preventing a lawful and dignified burial, fraud by false representation and fraud by abuse of position.

They said 34 bodies had been “respectfully transported” from one of three branches of Legacy Funeral Directors to a mortuary in Hull for formal identification procedures to take place after the funeral. raised concerns Regarding “Storage and Management Processes Related to Deceased Care.”

The two people arrested remain in police custody.

All Legacy Funeral Director branches remain cordoned off. The body, which is currently being identified, has been removed from the Hessel Road factory in Hull.

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