More than 30 bodies were removed from a funeral home in northern England and two people were arrested Sunday for alleged fraud and preventing a lawful burial, Humberside police announced.

The announcement came after a five-day investigation at three branches of Legacy Funeral Directors in Hull and East Yorkshire.

Assistant Chief Constable Thom McLoughlin said 34 bodies were transported to a mortuary in Hull to determine their identities.

Two people – a 46-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman – were arrested on allegations of preventing a lawful and decent burial, fraud by false representation and fraud by abuse of position. The identities of the two suspects were not made publicly available.

Police stand outside the Hessle Road branch of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, England, on Saturday, March 9. (AP)

This comes after several cases in the U.S. of funeral home operators being arrested after dozens of bodies and cremated remains were found on their properties.

Last year, nearly 200 decaying bodies were discovered piled up in a bug and maggot-infested funeral home in Colorado. The owners of the funeral home face hundreds of charges, including abuse of a corpse. Prosecutors said some relatives had received fake ashes instead of the cremated remains of their loved ones.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.