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| Dukinfield funeral directors fraud probe: Ashes seized | Dukinfield funeral directors fraud probe: Ashes seized |
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| Human ashes have been seized by police investigating an alleged fraud at a Greater Manchester funeral directors. | Human ashes have been seized by police investigating an alleged fraud at a Greater Manchester funeral directors. |
| The cremated remains were found by officers searching Murrays Funeral Directors, on Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield on Wednesday. | The cremated remains were found by officers searching Murrays Funeral Directors, on Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield on Wednesday. |
| Police officers, accompanied by trading standards officers, executed a warrant over alleged consumer protection, fraud and financial offences. | Police officers, accompanied by trading standards officers, executed a warrant over alleged consumer protection, fraud and financial offences. |
| Tameside Council is in the process of contacting affected families. | Tameside Council is in the process of contacting affected families. |
| Secure storage | Secure storage |
| Greater Manchester Police said it was normal practice for cremated remains to be kept at funeral directors. | Greater Manchester Police said it was normal practice for cremated remains to be kept at funeral directors. |
| Those found at the property have been handed to Tameside Council which has placed them in secure storage at Dukinfield Crematorium. | Those found at the property have been handed to Tameside Council which has placed them in secure storage at Dukinfield Crematorium. |
| Police also gave documents and property related to the business to the authority. | Police also gave documents and property related to the business to the authority. |
| Tameside Council has started identifying the next of kin and said it would contact all affected families over the next few days. | Tameside Council has started identifying the next of kin and said it would contact all affected families over the next few days. |
| Anyone with concerns should contact Tameside Council's bereavement services on 0161 344 0181. |