EMERGENCY services searching for a snorkeller who went missing from the Helford River last night have found a person matching the man's description.
Ben Morris, 24, failed to return home yesterday evening after going swimming and was reported missing, sparking a large-scale search co-ordinated by Falmouth Coastguard.
Ben was equipped with a snorkel, a weight belt and was wearing a dry suit when he told his family he was going out alone at 7pm last night. His vehicle was found in the Mawnan Smith Church car park by police, who were involved in the search from around 10.45pm.
The Coastguard and the RNLI assisted by police officers and the police helicopter searched the Helford river and the coastline overnight until 4.30am.
The search was resumed early this morning assisted by a search and rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose and at around 9am this morning the body of a man was discovered by an RNLI inshore lifeboat on the Roseland Headland. It was recovered and flown by helicopter to Treliske Hospital.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said Ben's next of kin had been informed and formal identification would be carried out later.
Police at the scene told the West Briton today: "Searchers have found a person matching the description who has been airlifted to hospital."
The Falmouth Coastguard Rescue Team, the Coastguard Sector Manager for South Cornwall, both RNLI lifeboats from Falmouth, the Porthoustock Coastguard Rescue Team, police officers, the police helicopter and the RNAS Culdrose helicopter were involved in the search.
