swedemissing.png The Upper Karangarua Valley for a Swedish hunter was called off. Photo: fileThe search for a Swedish hunter missing in the upper Karangarua Valley, south of Fox Glacier on the West Coast, has been abandoned due to bad weather. Incident controller Jayne Bretherton, of the Greymouth police, said options for continuing the search today were limited. Low cloud and rain meant it was not feasible to fly a helicopter into the search area and police staff involved in the search ongoing since Thursday night were returning to Greymouth today to review the file. Yesterday, police said the search for Mr Tommarch was still proceeding on the basis of a live search rather than a body recovery after they found his tent and sleeping bag.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 23, 2017 02:15 UTC