An area of woodland in Newcastle has been swarmed with police services after an investigation was launched. At present the cause of the investigation is unknown.

Specialist search teams are on the scene just off Amelia Walk in Benwell along with a number of other police vehicles, according to Chronicle Live.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “Searches are ongoing in the Benwell area in connection with an ongoing investigation.”

Police specialist search team officers arrived on the scene at 10am with tools to search through the undergrowth.

Five police vehicles in total have been in the Newcastle woodland area since this morning.

An area of woodland on Amelia Walk remains cordoned off.

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