Over 80 police and volunteers from the Southern District took part in a training exercise focusing on the disappearance of Joe Freiman. Photo: NZ PoliceNo new leads have been found after a police exercise that focused on a 25-year-old cold case took place on Stewart Island at the weekend. A large scale search and rescue exercise had participants using new technology to look for any evidence related to the unsolved disappearance of Joe Freiman. “The main purpose of this exercise was to upskill our search and rescue volunteers and to try out new technology on a major search operation. The exercise was organised by Constable Dale Jenkins and the Stewart Island search and rescue team.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 10, 2016 01:04 UTC