Helicopter search for person in trouble in the Tay finds nothing

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River Tay at Perth on Monday afternoon.Officers on foot as well as search and rescue dogs scoured the length of Tay Street and a coastguard helicopter was scrambled to search after a GPS location beacon, as can be carried by hillwalkers and canoeists, was detected.Despite a major search of the water from above and of the riverbank conducted on foot near the city centre towards Moncreiffe Island no person in trouble was found and the crews left the area around 5pm.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of a personal emergency beacon activated in an area close to the River Tay in Perth around 2.30pm on Monday, June 21.“A thorough search of the area has been carried out by officers working with partners from HM Coastguard and.