Police say a person in his late 30s drowned whereas swimming in Nanaimo, B.C., on Sunday night.
The person's physique was recovered from Lengthy Lake by Nanaimo Search and Rescue members Monday morning.
The person's household reportedly informed police he went for a swim after 6 p.m. and wasn't seen once more.
When he didn’t return dwelling the following morning, the police had been known as.
The RCMP notified Nanaimo Search and Rescue, who situated the person's physique inside minutes of launching their boat, police stated.
Foul play shouldn't be suspected within the man's dying.
"Our investigators had been informed that the person had consumed a big amount of alcohol earlier than swimming, so that would have been a contributing issue," stated Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson Const. Gary O'Brien on Tuesday.
"It's that point of the yr when the lakes are warming up, folks can be swimming," he added.
"It is nice to have anyone with you, maintaining a tally of you and in case you are consuming alcohol you have received be sure to area that accordingly so it doesn’t have an effect in your means to swim."
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