TAVISTOCK’S Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team helped assist with a missing person search on Sunday (November 19).

The team was contacted by police at 4.45pm to assist with a search for a lady in her 50s, who had been missing since early morning. She was believed to have been on Kit Hill as items which were believed to belong to her had been located there.

There were serious concerns for her welfare.

The search and rescue team deployed several parties along with a search dog team to search areas of dense undergrowth and uneven rocky ground in dark and misty conditions.

At the same time, a flooded quarry was searched by Cornwall Fire and Rescue personnel.

The team suspended operations after four hours when further information was forthcoming which suggested strongly that she was not in this search location. The lady was found later by police.