Jumped on river for Money Bet
A missing juvenile person leapt from a ferry into a stream between Devon and Cornwall might have done therefore over a £100 bet, police say.
Jordan Cobb, 16, from Plymouth, jumped from the Torpoint ferry into the stream Tamar late on January 1 Eve.
Devon and Cornwall Police aforementioned one line of inquiry was that the incident had been a "prank gone wrong".
Another boundary search began for the juvenile person on Th.
He said: "We're still awaiting some individuals to return forward and clarify what went on.
"But we have a tendency to perceive that, for a few reason, Jordan has given his bag to a devotee, he is jumped au courant to the front of the ferry then jumped into the water.
"There is info within the property right that implies this can be all a prank, that somebody at intervals Jordan's cluster has engaged with them in respect to a bet.
"We do perceive that the figure of concerning £100 has been mentioned, however that hasn't been confirmed.
"That's one line of inquiry that we're keeping open mind on."
Police aforementioned they were attempting to trace a couple of individuals believed to possess been with the juvenile person within the moments before he jumped.
Several searches are dole out since his disappearance, focusing on the stream, the stream bed and also the shore.
Nearby Plymouth Sound has conjointly been searched.
A recent boundary search began on Th involving the military service, the Ministry of Defence and police.
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