Kadavu Man Missing At Sea: Fuel Gallons Found During Search
The search has so far managed to locate a gallon container used for fuel and a long flat wooden board found at Namara Village.
Monday 18 March 2019 | 07:20
The Fiji Maritime Surveillance Rescue Coordination Centre are closely monitoring and assisting in the search efforts in Kadavu.
Search continues today for a 52-year-old farmer of Nacomoto Village in Kadavu who was reported missing by the Vunisea Police Station.
Police confirmed that the search has so far managed to locate a gallon container used for fuel and a long flat wooden board found at Namara Village
Police have also received information that another gallon container was found at Vacalea Village by villagers.
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Two officers have left out to Vacalea to confirm the findings.
With the assistance of the Fiji Navy, the search party includes:
- 3 fibre glass boat from Mokoisa Village
- 4 fibre glass boat from Nacomoto are searching in the open sea.
Search will continue today.
The missing person was last seen drinking with two farmers from Mokoisa Village late Thursday night in a fiber glass boat near the village.
The two Mokoisa villagers asked the 52-year-old to sleep and travel the next morning, only yo wake up the next day to discover that his 23ft fiber glass boat and 40HP engine with the words "KD LAVETA" printed in Red on the side of the boat missing.
