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OPP search and recovery teams looking for missing swimmer

Provincial police are looking for a swimmer who went missing in Leamington on Sunday. 

The person was last seen around 7 p.m. Sunday, police say

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OPP cruisers in a 2023 file photo. (CBC)

Provincial police are looking for a swimmer who went missing in Leamington on Sunday. 

According to Essex County OPP, police received a report around 7 p.m. Sunday of a swimmer that entered the water near the Leamington docks and "began to struggle and did not resurface."

The Canadian Coast guard, Leamington fire services, Essex Windsor EMS and a civilian marine tow service were unable to locate the individual, police said. 

The OPP's underwater search and recovery unit is now attending.