The media spokesman at the Border Guard of the Eastern Province said today that Research and Rescue teams have successfully pinpointed and snatched a drowned body of a Saudi national 600 m. off coast following a report by an anonymous caller that a person who was authorized to picnic along the coast was lost in the vicinity of Muneefa Center, Al-Khafji sector on Saturday 24/5/1439 H. Following the distress report, research, rescue, coastal patrols and rubber boats of the border guard rushed to the scene in the participation of the security aviation and volunteers who continued the search for eleven days before finding the dead body and handed it over to the authorities concerned to take necessary procedures. The media spokesman called on all fishermen and picnic-seekers to use safety means and follow the border guard instructions and not to hesitate to call 994 for help.
