A body has been found off the Algarve coast after a British man, 23, went missing while swimming at Peneco Beach in Albufeira, Portugal
The search for the young man, 23 years old and British nationality, who went missing at sea this afternoon, June 11, on Peneco beach, Albufeira(Image: Autoridade Marítima Nacional)
A body has been discovered following a search operation launched for a British man, 23, who vanished at a popular holiday destination.
The man disappeared while swimming in Portuguese waters last week, according to local authorities.
Portugal’s National Maritime Authority confirmed the 23 year old went missing on Thursday while bathing with a 19 year old man, also from the UK, at Peneco Beach in Albufeira, on Portugal’s southern coastline.
Portuguese police reported that a body, thought to be that of the missing man, was retrieved on Tuesday afternoon off the Albufeira coast.
“Following an alert at 6.37 pm from a fisherman in the vicinity, officers from the Portimao Local Maritime Police Command, the Albufeira Volunteer Firefighters’ Humanitarian Association and the Albufeira Municipal Civil Protection Service were mobilised,” Portuguese police said in a statement.
“On arrival at the scene, members of the Maritime Police, in collaboration with the Fire Brigade, transported the victim to Albufeira Marina.”
A local Maritime Police official said: “Death was confirmed at the scene and, following contact with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the body was transported by the Fire Brigade to the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of the Western Algarve.
“The British Consulate in Portimao was contacted and informed of the incident.
“The Maritime Police’s Portimao Local Command took charge of the incident.”
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been approached for comment.
A search operation was initiated after the man vanished last Friday, according to the National Maritime Authority.
The 19 year old British national who was accompanying the 23 year old “apparently managed to get out of the water by his own means to seek help after which the other one disappeared”.
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