A major search was underway last night after eyewitnesses claimed to have seen two swimmers enter the water off the Plymouth coast but never resurface.
Lifeguards, coastguards and police officers scrambled to the scene in the Plymouth Hoe area over fears the swimmers may have got into distress.
Lifeguards, coastguards and police officers scrambled to the scene in the Plymouth Hoe area over fears the swimmers may have got into distress.
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: 'Police, Coastguard and RNLI resources are currently deployed in the vicinity of West Hoe, Plymouth following the report of two swimmers who may have got into distress in the area.