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Major search after man goes missing in River Tay

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Stuart Cowper A road blocked off by police with emergency service vehicles in the backgroundStuart Cowper

Emergency services in Perth were alerted on Thursday evening

A major search operation has been launched in Perth after a 27-year-old man went missing in the River Tay.

Emergency services are searching Moncreiffe Island following a report that three men got into difficulty in the water at about 19:45 on Thursday.

Two of the men were traced and checked over by paramedics.

Tay Street is closed in both directions from Marshall Place to Canal Street for both pedestrians and motorists as a result of the operation.

Police have urged people to avoid the area.

Stuart Cowper A police search on a river with a jet-skier and officers on an inflatable dinghyStuart Cowper

A local jet-skier also helped in the search operation

The river was searched on Thursday night with fire crews on boats as well as a local jet-skier assisting.

There were searches on foot on Moncreiffe Island and along the riverbank with police search teams using a viewer to look under the water.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it sent two appliances and several specialist water rescue resources to the scene to assist.


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