A MODERN day slave brought to Britain and forced to do chores 20 hours a day has been rescued from a Harrow home by police.

The 46-year-old female victim was allegedly trafficking here from the African country of Tanzania some time in the last five years in order to undertake cleaning, cooking and gardening at the property.

Police believe she was initially paid a nominal fee of just £10 a month in the first year, before the pitiful wage stopped. It is thought that she was not allowed out by herself and was made to work for all but four hours a day.

She was removed from the house - the location of which has not been divulged by police - on February 11 by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Trafficking and Prostitution Unit following a tip-off from a charity working with trafficking victims.

A 67-year-old woman.was arrested yesterday on suspicion of trafficking people for exploitation and perverting the course of justice by the force's Clubs and Vice Unit at its headquarters at central London's Charing Cross Police Station.

The suspect was bailed until in May while the detectives make further inquiries and the alleged victim is being cared for by another charitable organisation.

Detective Inspector Kevin Hyland, of the Clubs and Vice Unit, said: "Human trafficking is one of the biggest generators of criminal finance in the world. Forcing people to work as slaves is a deplorable part of this immoral trade and one that we will do everything we can to stop."