Divers searching Buntzen Lake for missing 19-year-old Surrey man
The RCMP dive team is searching the waters of Buntzen Lake for a missing 19-year-old Surrey, B.C., man who went missing Tuesday afternoon.
RCMP were first called to the lake near Anmore, B.C., around 4:30 p.m. PT yesterday when the man's friends noticed he was no longer in sight.
Police then called in Coquitlam Search and Rescue, which used 20 crew members and two boats to search the lake until 10 p.m.
Not a strong swimmer
The group of five young people were hanging out in the lake on recreational flotation devices when the man, who was not a strong swimmer, disappeared, said Cpl. Michael McLaughlin on Wednesday morning.
Nobody saw the man struggling, he said. Nobody was drinking or doing drugs and foul play is not suspected, said McLaughlin.
Police suspect it's now a recovery operation and Buntzen Lake remains closed while divers try to locate the missing man.
The apparent drowning is the third in B.C. in recent days as many hit the water to cool off in the hot summer weather.
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