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.
ILB tasked this evening to recover a body from Falmouth harbour. No formal i.d, but thought to be missing person from earlier.
— Falmouth Lifeboats (@FalmouthRNLI) August 10, 2014
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.
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