Man and woman arrested after police stop them ‘walking down street carrying a human torso in suitcase’

Police have launched a murder probe after allegedly finding a human torso in a suitcase in Gloucestershire.

The discovery was reportedly made after an officer stopped a couple walking along the side of a road, carrying the bag, near the Forest of Dean.

A woman in her 20s from Birmingham and a man his 30s from Wolverhampton were arrested on suspicion of murder after the grim finding on Tuesday.

A large area has been cordoned off on the outskirts of Coleford after other body parts were found scattered nearby. 

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after human remains were found in the Forest of Dean at around 11.30pm yesterday

Forensic tests are currently being carried out on the suspected remains, which were found close to the England-Wales border.