[18] SEARCH- Playing Place, 23/07/2018

Team search managers were contacted by Devon and Cornwall Police on 23rd to discuss likely search options with regards a 36-year-old male missing from the Playing Place area over the weekend. This developed into a complex and extended search and team members from both sections covered extensive areas of woodland, open ground and farmland over the following four days. In total 40 team members committed over 260 man-hours to the search, including time spent on roped access to potentially hazardous areas along the main A39.

Once all of the high- and medium-priority areas were searched as well as the terrain would allow, the team were stood down pending further enquiries by the Police.