Three men have been arrested amid claims workers have been involved in forced labour at a Louth car park.
Officers are investigating after allegations were made that workers were being forced to work at the New Hand Car Wash on the Fairfield Industrial Estate
The force has revealed it has now arrested three men on suspicion of modern day slavery offences.
The trio, aged 49, 27 and 19, are all from the Grimsby area and are currently in police custody.
As part of their investigation, police are appealing for people with information to come forward, especially anyone who may have witnessed a possible assault of a worker at the car wash a few weeks ago.
A force spokesperson said: "We would like to speak to anyone who has information that they believe could assist with our investigation.
"We would like to make a specific plea to witnesses of a possible assault of a worker, which occurred at the car wash within the last three weeks.
"We believe that a taxi driver may be among the witnesses who could help."
If you have any information, you can contact police in the following ways:
- Call 101 quoting incident number 144 of January 11.
- Email force.control@lincs.pnn.police.uk
- Contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
