Body of man located near Newcastle, NSW

Police have retrieved the body of a man in a river near Newcastle today, NSW Police say.

About 12pm (Tuesday 30 January 2018), police were called to the Hunter River, near Nelsons Plains, following the discovery of a body.

While he has not been formally identified, police believed the body to be of an 18-year-old man last seen in Raymond Terrace on Sunday 28 January 2018.

The man’s death is not believed to suspicious.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

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