Emmerdale fans fume as police make huge blunder in Meena investigation

Emmerdale fans were left fuming as police made a huge mistake in locating missing Manpreet Sharma.

Serial killer Meena Jutla (Paige Sandhu) has been holding her sister hostage after confessing to all of her crimes - which includes the murder of her friend Nadine, Leanna Cavanagh, Ben Tucker and Andrea Tate.

Meena has also attempted to kill her love rival Victoria Sugden and is now set on ending the life of her own sister as she has been drugging her with strong doses of sleeping pills.

However, Meena came the closest to being caught tonight as police visited the house where she was keeping Manpreet.

Meena was quizzed by the police (ITV)

Quickly intercepting them, Meena rushed to speak to the cops and assure them nothing was amiss, despite Manpreet's ex-husband Rishi's concerns that something had happened to his former wife.

Meena had lied and told everyone that Manpreet headed out to Ibiza to be with her daughter Aiesha after the horror of the Christmas Day pub explosion - but Rishi was suspicious and called the daughter to find out if this was the case.

When he confronted Meena with the fact Aiesha knew nothing about the plan, she was forced to lie and say Manpreet had stopped off on the way for a spa weekend in Malaga.

She said that Manpreet was away (ITV)

However, fans were left fuming by the police's apparent incompetence as they failed to even enter the house despite Meena's cagey behaviour as she tried to get rid of them.

"Didn’t think to check the house no??? #Emmerdale," one viewer wrote online, whilst a second added: "Really?! Just take #Meena at her word no questions asked?! #Harriet #Emmerdale."

A third shared: "If that was a proper copper, they'd insist on searching the property #emmerdale."

Fans were fuming as the police didn't even check the house (ITV)

"Oh yeah so they actually believe that, my god #Emmerdale," a fourth penned online, as a fifth wrote: "That's right, officers You take her word for it. Jesus.... #Emmerdale."

However, Meena was forced to lie about her sister being in contact with her and now fans are convinced this will be her downfall.

"Why is nobody going in the house ?! Me head is gonna explode # emmerdale," another fan fumed, as a second added: "Surely they would check the flights and airport #emmerdale."