Police have launched an investigation after a person’s body was pulled from the Hunter River at Morpeth at the weekend.
Emergency services were called to Queens Wharf Road just after 3pm on Sunday 13 April.
It followed reports a body had been sighted floating in the river.
Personnel eventually removed it from the water about 4.15pm.
Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District are now investigating the circumstances of the incident.
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