A body has been recovered from Falmouth harbour following a search by Falmouth RNLI, the Coastguard cliff rescue team, police and a search and rescue helicopter from Culdrose.

The body was washed up at Port Pendennis Marina at around 5.50pm on Sunday.

 

It followed an extensive search  for a vulnerable high risk missing person whose car was discovered earlier in the morning at a car park in Falmouth.

The man is believed to in his sixties and from Redruth.

A formal identification has not yet been carried out, next of kin have been informed, death not being treated as suspicious.

Police are making enquiries.