Body found in search for missing fisherman

A file photograph of Lake Tekapo. Photo credit: Newshub

Police have found a body in the search for a missing fisherman.

The man's body was discovered in the Tekapo Canal on Wednesday.

Formal identification is underway but they believe it to be the body of a man who went fishing in the area and failed to return home.

He was due to return on Saturday, and was reported missing on Sunday.

 

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