A SEARCH was carried out for ‘high risk missing person’ by the Coastguard and Dorset Police over the weekend.
Poole Coastguard responded to a report on Sunday, November 23 around 7.27pm at Flaghead Chine.
It was requested by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre to assist Dorset Police with a high risk missing person.
A search team from Poole Coastguard was deployed at the individual’s last known position after gathering on scene information.
Southbourne Coastguard was also assisting to carry out a search by vehicle from a more easterly position towards Flaghead.
After searching for several hours, updates from the police stated the individual had been successfully located inland.
With this confirmation all Coastguard teams were stood down.
A debrief carried out on scene, before returning to their respective stations.
Police Air Assets also attended with RNLI Poole Lifeboat also requested but it was stood down on route.
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