Estella Road deaths. Second Portsmouth woman arrested after bodies of man and woman found in flat

The man and woman were found dead in the council flat on Estella Road, Buckland, on November 2. Officers were first called to the sudden death of a man in his 50s at 10.40am. Later, officers on patrol came across a man in his 60s in Centaur Road who needed help, before he was taken back to the same flat. When police went in with him at 4.20pm they found the body of a woman in her 60s.

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The force confirmed a 53-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs – with her still under suspicion currently. Now police, giving an update into the probe, said they have arrested another woman – a 50-year-old from Portsmouth.

A police spokeswoman said: ‘We have arrested a second woman in connection with the deaths of two people at an address on Estella Road. A 50-year-old woman from Portsmouth has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs. She has been released from police custody but remains under investigation while our enquiries continue.

‘We previously arrested a 53-year-old woman from Portsmouth on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs. She has been released from police custody but remains under investigation while our enquiries continue.’

The spokeswoman added: ‘We would like to reassure members of the public that we do not believe there to be any wider risk at the current time.’