Google MapsThe body of a teenager has been pulled from a river in Dumfries following a search operation on Thursday night.
Emergency services were alerted to a person in the River Nith near the Kingholm Road area at around 6.50pm.
A search of the water was carried out, and an 18-year-old man’s body was recovered.
Detectives are not treating the death as suspicious. A report is due to be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 6.50pm on Thursday, April 30, we received a report of a person in the River Nith in the Kingholm Road area of Dumfries.
“Emergency services carried out searches and the body of an 18-year-old man was recovered.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.”
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