cochrane_0.jpeg Luke CochranePolice searching for missing teenager Luke Cochrane in the Coromandel have cordoned off a street after finding a hat believed to be his. The dive squad would also move around to that area and concentrate their efforts on the waterway which surrounded Aquila Drive. Police divers find nothing in Whitianga searchEarlier, police divers scoured a waterway opposite the Whitianga Fire Station for any clues in the search for the missing 19-year-old. The national dive squad arrived at the Whitianga LandSar headquarters about 8am for a briefing with police and search co-ordinators. However, the stretch opposite the station was shallower and thick with weeds, requiring the dive squad to manually check the bottom.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 28, 2016 02:48 UTC