Searchers find body in Clutha River

The Clutha River. Photo / Stephen Russell

Searchers in a jetboat looking for 28-year-old Roxburgh man Paul Wilson have found a body in the Clutha River north of Beaumont.

Police said additional staff were making their way to the scene.

Mr Wilson went missing about midday last Wednesday at the Talla Burn stream near Beaumont where he had been taking water samples.

- NZHERALD STAFF