Johor police: SAR operation uses drones to help locate missing student in Pulau Mawar

MERSING, Feb 6 — Drones are being used in the search and rescue (SAR) operation to locate a private institution of higher learning (IPTS) student, who went hiking in Pulau...

MERSING, Feb 6 — Drones are being used in the search and rescue operation to locate a private institution of higher learning student, who went hiking in Pulau Mawar, here, and has been missing since Wednesday.

He said that a drone cannot be used today, the fourth day of the operation, due to bad weather conditions. “In addition, two Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department boats, as well as a marine police boat, were also deployed, apart from increasing the number SAR personnel from 45 to 58 people, covering land, rivers and waterways,” he said when contacted, today.

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