A man’s body was found in the River Leven near Renton this afternoon, after a four day search.Rescue teams launched an operation last Saturday (December 17) evening following reports that a man had been spotted in the Leven in Renton.Coastguard rescue teams based in Helensburgh and Greenock were joined by the coastguard’s rescue helicopter and a lifeboat from the Royal Navy’s Faslane base in scouring the freezing river on Saturday night.An eyewitness told us: “There were a huge amount of teams involved.
We had the coastguard, a police boat, two coast guard dinghy boats, police, ambulance and fire trucks.”She added that a helicopter could be seen following the Leven from Dumbarton to Renton on Sunday morning for several hours.Search operations continued over the weekend, before the announcement today (Tuesday December 20) that a body had been found.A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: “Around 8pm on Saturday, 17 December, 2022, police received a report of a man in the River Leven near Burns Street, Renton.
Following searches carried out today, officers from Police Scotland Marine and Dive Unit have recovered a man’s body.“A formal identification has still to be carried out and the man’s family has been notified.
The death is not being treated as suspicious.”A spokesman for HM Coastguard said: “Police Scotland led on the operation and we helped with the search for a missing man.“Coastguard rescue teams from Helensburgh and Greenock responded, along with the HM Coastguard helicopter based at Prestwick and a lifeboat from Faslane, to carry out a thorough search.”
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