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Staffordshire Police, which is carrying out inquiries with West Midlands officers, appealed for anyone with information or recorded footage from the area at the time to get in touch.

After congressional inquiries and another death at the unit, the bureau closed it in 2023.

"The vehicle was seized, and our inquiries are ongoing."

The Police Foundation did not respond to inquiries.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has insisted local inquiries into grooming gangs in five towns are still going ahead despite claims the plans have been watered down.