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Body found in search for teenager in Highland loch

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Emergency teams were called to Lochindorb just after 17:00 on Thursday

A body has been recovered from a remote loch in the Highlands during a search for a teenager in the water.

Emergency services were called to Lochindorb near Grantown-on-Spey just after 17:00 on Thursday after reports that a 17-year old boy had got into difficulty

Police Scotland said the body was found at around 11:25 on Friday and the boy's family had been informed.

In a separate incident, a body was recovered from the River Nith in Dumfries on after reports of an 18-year-old male in the water.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS), Police Scotland and a HM Coastguard ground crew and a helicopter were involved in the Highland search.

News imageA calm loch with rippling water in the foreground, small evergreen trees along the near shore, and a lone person standing by the water’s edge across the lake. A white van with a yellow panel is parked on the far bank, with open moorland and low hills stretching into the background under an overcast sky.
Police said the body was recovered from Lochindorb on Friday morning

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Formal identification has yet to take place but the family of a 17-year-old male youth reported in difficulty in the water around 5pm on Thursday, 30 April, are aware.

"The death is not believed to be suspicious and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal."

Meanwhile, in Dumfries, emergency teams were called out at about 18:50 on Thursday to a person in the River Nith near the Kingholm Road area of the town.

The body of an 18-year-old man was recovered from the water.

Police Scotland said the incident was not being treated as suspicious.