A MAJOR operation was launched this afternoon to search for a high risk casualty on Portland. The Portland Bill Coastguard Rescue Team (CRT), Weymouth inshore lifeboat and police were all involved in the search for the person thought to be in the area of Portland Castle, Castletown at around 12.30pm today. The search team was able to locate the person and they were taken into the care of the ambulance service. A spokesman for Portland Bill CRT said: The team were by tasked by Solent Coastguard - Operations Centre along with Weymouth Lifeboat ILB to assist Weymouth & Portland Police to search for a high-risk missing person in the Portland Castle area.
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