The missing swimmer in the Varadero area, in Tenerife, and in whose search a large device was deployed, appeared this Sunday at the Candelaria Civil Guard barracks to clarify that it was a false alarm, Maritime Rescue sources reported.
It was around 8:00 p.m. this Saturday when the Civil Guard notified Salvamento of the disappearance of a bather, whose belongings he had left on the stones and entered the sea, and then he was never seen again.
From then on, a search device was activated by land, sea and air in which two Rescue helicopters and the Emergency and Rescue Group (GES), the Salvamar Tenerife and the Pico Teide patrol boat, a Cruz jet ski Roja and the Underwater Activities Group of the Civil Guard. In addition, patrols of the Civil Guard and the Local Police were deployed on the ground.
In the meantime, the alleged missing person appeared at the Benemérita barracks in Candelaria, and based on his testimony and the investigations carried out, it was found that it was, indeed, the same person, for which reason the security device was deactivated. search.