A funeral director has been arrested afterwards 4 "maggot-ridden" bodies were allegedly found in a self-storage unit in Wembley, n-west London.

Met Police force officers were called at around 9.30am last Friday (July 15) and enquiries are ongoing to found the full circumstances.

A spokesperson for the Met said: "A man has been arrested after iv bodies were found at business premises in Wembley."

"The 50-yr-sometime man – who operates a funeral manager business organisation – was arrested after police were called at around ix:30am on Friday, July 15, to premises in Water Road, Wembley.

"Four bodies were recovered at the premises, which did not have specialist equipment installed.

"Urgent enquiries were conducted to establish the identity of the deceased and to notify affected families.

"All of the deceased were elderly. The deaths have not been treated as being suspicious."

The bodies were discovered in a lockup in Wembley (

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It is understood that the bodies accept been passed to Co-op Funeralcare.

A source told MirrorOnline that the man nether investigation "doesn't have his own premises and tries to hire facilities off others in the London area."

They added that the bodies were allegedly plant to be "maggot-ridden" due to being stored in unrefrigerated weather condition spring the contempo hot weather condition.

An industry source told the Mirror that the deceased, all of whom were elderly, were left "lying on pallets" in non-refrigerated conditions.

They said: "It's absolutely horrendous and very pitiful for the families."

The arrested human being had reportedly tried to get other funeral directors to help them with storage space (

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Det Supt Barry Loader of the Met's N Due west BCU said: "I know these volition be concerning developments for local people, and in particular those directly afflicted by what has happened.

"Through the hard work and delivery of colleagues from Specialist Law-breaking, all of the deceased take been identified, their families have been informed and subsequently the bodies returned to the families post-obit consultation with HM Coroner.

"The Met has provided defended family unit liaison officers to those affected. I would encourage anyone with concerns to speak with their local Safer Neighbourhoods officers or to phone call the Met on 101."