A police investigation is underway after a body was found in the sea off the Aberdeenshire coast.
Emergency services were called to Peterhead just after 10pm on Thursday evening.
It's not known how the body had been discovered in the water.
Ugie Road in the Aberdeenshire town was sealed off as part of the operation by several police cars.
A police spokeswoman said: “At about 10.20pm on Thursday June 17, the body of a man was recovered from the North Sea off the coast of Peterhead.
“Formal identification is yet to take place and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.”
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