FORENSIC cops are to search the drains of the Jersey hell home for human remains.

It comes after tip-offs from several alleged abuse victims and sniffer dogs detecting death nearby.

Cops will focus on underground pipes connected to a bath containing *lo** traces, discovered in a hidden cellar.

Meanwhile, two more sinister items have been found in an opening to a second secret chamber in the former kids home, Haut de la Garenne.

Cops refused to reveal details so as not to compromise the child sex abuse investigation but the items are said to be similar to the wooden shackles found next to the bath in the first cellar.

Deputy Police Chief Lenny Harper said the search will begin this weekend while he discusses his findings with Scotland Yard in London.

He added: The big priority is the bath and the drains leading from it. Statements from victims tend to give us reason to be interested in it.

Mr Harper added they were treating the site in St Martin as a potential murder scene but have not yet got enough evidence to launch inquiries.

More than 160 people have come forward to allege abuse at the home. Around 25 people are suspected. Detectives expect to make at least two arrests in the coming weeks.