Police hunt woodland for body after a severed human arm is found by walker Limb transported to the morgue for DNA and fingerprint testing Body believed to be located nearby because of foul smell in woods Missing persons records being searched to try and identify arm A severed arm was found in woods after hunters smelled a foul stench. The search is now on for the rest of the body in woods in Clonee, Ireland, and police believe that it could be nearby. Fingerprints and DNA analysis will now take place on the arm, which was discovered on Friday, in a bid to identify the remains. The search continues for a body after a severed human arm was discovered in woods near Clonee, Ireland Following the find garda had to abandon the search as it became too dark for them to locate a body. A security source said last night that the arm was found by two men out hunting yesterday afternoon. They smelled a horrible odour which led to the grisly discovery at around 4.30pm. Garda sealed of the area after the human limb was discovered by hunters at 4.30pm on Friday evening The source said last night: "We believe that the body is nearby, as there is a really bad odour emanating from the area. We will go back at first light to see what else we can find. It is believed that the body part is from a man, and police are studying missing persons reports to identify who it could be. As soon as the limb was found police sealed off the area, and the arm was taken to a morgue in nearby Navan. Grim search: The garda believe that a smell in the area means that the rest of the body is located nearby A spokesman from the garda press office said that searches will continue today for the rest of the body. A number of similar finds have been made on north Dublin's Dollymount beach this year. The bodies are believed to be those of people who had taken their own lives and whose bodies decomposed in the water or were sliced up by boat propellers. However, the discovery of severed limbs away from a coastal or beach setting is highly unusual. Body parts were found floating in Dublin's Royal Canal in March 2005. It emerged they belonged to Farah Swaleh Noor, a Kenyan who had been beaten and his body dismembered at a nearby house in Ballybough by sisters Charlotte and Linda Mulhall.