Five held in cocklers probe

DETECTIVES investigating the death of 19 Chinese cocklers in Morecambe Bay have arrested five people on suspicion of manslaughter, police said yesterday.

Tue, 10 Feb, 2004 - 00:00

Hugo Duncan

Two women and 17 men died after getting cut off by the incoming tide last Thursday.

The three men and two women arrested on Sunday night were among 16 people who survived the disaster.

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