Officers are working today to identify a body found on Sunday afternoon and to establish the circumstances. The body was recovered and transported away from the scene in a private ambulance at around 2pm on Sunday afternoon A large police presence was observed near the Thames and Medway Canal’s Norfolk Road end in Gravesend. According to one witness who did not want to be identified, police were called in response to reports that a body had been discovered in the river. Two police patrol cars, a Land Rover, and a private ambulance were met by another individual who appeared to be wearing diving gear. Several people, including police officers, were then seen walking towards the private ambulance with what appeared to be a black bag. A spokesman for Kent Police said:” Officers were called following concerns for the welfare of a man near Lower Higham Road, Gravesend at around 11 am on Sunday 15 January 2023. Officers attended along with South East Ambulance Service and a man in his 50s was pronounced deceased. The death is being treated as non-suspicious and a report will be prepared for the coroner.
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