CANBERRA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Three men who went missing while fishing off the coast of South Australia (SA) have been found dead, police said on Monday.
A police statement said that the alarm was raised and a search commenced by sea and air around 2:30 p.m. local time on Sunday when the three men failed to return to shore at Beachport, 310 km southeast of the SA capital of Adelaide.
All three men, aged 65, 67 and 74, from the east coast state of New South Wales were found deceased and their bodies were recovered.
The SA police force said that a report on their deaths would be prepared for the state coroner and asked members of the public not to collect any debris from the group's boat before it can be collected by officers. ■