POLICE are investigating a suspicious death on Portland.

A woman in her 40s has been found dead at an address in High Street, Fortuneswell.

A 55 year-old local man has been arrested.

Dorset Police were called to the property in the early hours of this morning and are currently on scene conducting forensic tests.

A spokesman for the police said that they were treating the death as suspicious.

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