The NT Police Force have recovered the body of a male following an extensive search and rescue operation in the Darwin Harbour.
The search and rescue operation commenced last night and continued until early hours of this morning; however, the NT Police Search and Rescue Section, a Careflight helicopter and the Port Authority were unable to locate the male reported missing.
Early this morning, the search operation redeployed assets in an attempt to locate the missing person; consisting of two helicopters, two NT Police vessels, Surf Life Saving, NT Emergency Service volunteers, Crocodile Management and NT Police members on foot along coastlines nearby.
At approximately 11:30am this morning, a body was sighted in the water within the vicinity of the East Arm Wharf. The NT Police vessel Mick Read attended and recovered the body and the male was declared deceased. The body recovered matches the description of the person who jumped off Channel Island Bridge at around 9:40pm last night.
A report is being prepared for the coroner.
The NT Police would like to thank all supporting agencies and members of the public who may have assisted in conducting a search of Darwin Harbour.
