POLICE have discovered the body of a man in a property in Longfleet Road, Poole.

Officers were called to the scene at 1pm and investigations were carried out by a number of officers.

A police car, a police van and a funeral director's vehicle are currently at the residential property, near the junction with Garland Road.

Eye witnesses said crime scene investigators were at the scene earlier this afternoon but they have since left.

A spokesman for Dorset Police said the coroner has been informed and next of kin have been notified of the death.

Inquiries are underway but the death is not believed to be suspicious.