Police have made an arrest in the East Lismore body case.

A NSW Police spokesperson has has told the Lismore App that a 32 year old woman was arrested about 1pm today at McNaughton Place, Maclean.

She was taken to the Maclean Police Station where she is currently assisting police with their inquiries.

No further information is available at this time.

ORIGINAL STORY

A police investigation is underway after woman's death in East Lismore this morning.

About 10.40am today (Saturday 22 August 2020), emergency services were called to a unit on Rosedale Square, East Lismore, after a woman’s body was found.

The woman is yet to be formally identified, however, she is believed to be the 60-year-old occupant.

Officers from Richmond Police District established a crime scene, which will be examined by forensic officers.

Local detectives, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, have established Strike Force Boughton to investigate the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death, which is being treated as suspicious.

No further information is available at this time.