Body found on Gosport seafront a week after officers began searching for missing man in the Solent
An extensive search operation has been ongoing for the past week.
Police searching for a missing man in Gosport have found a body, the force has confirmed.
Shortly after 9pm on Friday, May 8, concerns were raised when a man - who has not been publicly identified - went missing in the Solent. The police, Coastguard, RNLI, search experts from Hantsar and independent volunteer lifeboat station Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (Gafirs) all went out looking for the man.
Since then, an “extensive search operation” has been ongoing.
Now, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary has confirmed that a body has been found, following reports of police presence in Stokes Bay this evening (May 15).
A spokesperson for the police force said: “Officers searching for a 40-year-old man who was reported missing to us shortly after 8:40pm on Friday 8 May have this evening (Friday 15 May) discovered a body at Stokes Bay In Gosport.
“While formal identification has yet to take place, his family has been informed. A file will be prepared for the coroner.”