A WOMAN has been arrested after the body of a newborn baby was found at a waste and recycling centre in Somerset.

The woman was taken into police custody on suspicion of concealing a birth after the infant was found dead in Yeovil yesterday (Wednesday, April 12).

Officers were called just after 2.30pm after a member of staff found the body of the baby girl at the waste and recycling centre in Lufton Trading Estate.

Subsequently officers attended a vacant property in Yeovil. Enquiries continue.

Detective Inspector Ben Lavender said: “This is a very sad and distressing incident.

"We don’t yet know what has happened and are treating the baby’s death as unexplained at this time, pending the results of a post-mortem examination.

“In the meantime, it has been necessary to arrest a woman in order to interview her under caution and with the appropriate legal safeguards in place.

"While she is in police custody she is receiving appropriate medical support.

​”I would urge people not to speculate on the circumstances of this tragic event.”