As stated by: Duty Inspector Phil Edwards.
A large-scale search and rescue operation is underway in Ōpōtiki looking for two men who jumped into a river earlier today.
The two men failed to stop for Police around 3:45am, before jumping into Otara River near Snell Road.
Police have searched the river, and deployed helicopters and ground crew across farmland to find the missing men.
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