POLICE officers have been given more time to quiz a man who was arrested after a body was discovered.

The 52-year-old was arrested after the body of a 72-year-old man was found in a garage on the Isle of Wight.

The body was found by police officers who were called to a home in Green Lane in the Northwood area of Cowes shortly after midnight on Monday.

A police spokesperson said: “An extension was granted around lunchtime today by the courts giving police permission to hold the arrested man for a further 32 hours.

"He continues to be questioned.”

Police would not reveal what he has been arrested on suspicion of and a post mortem is being carried out on the deceased today.