THE lifeless body of a man was pulled from the waters at the Number 66 Fishery hours after he went down while setting lines to fish on Friday afternoon.

Dead is Kenneth Craig, 45, called ‘Butin’ of Lot 206 A 67 Village, East Berbice, Corentyne.

Raymond Craig, who is a cousin of the dead man, related that at approximately 16:30hrs ‘Butin’ went to fish as he often does, but when he got into the water he failed to return.

Raymond explained that the tide was high and the current was very strong, and as such, Craig was unable to help himself up so he went under the water.

Other fishermen who were in the area realised what was happening and tried to recover the body but were unable to do so due to the high tides and heavy current. They, however, decided to set up blockage using seine hoping the body would get caught in it but this did not happen.

It was not until the tide receded at around 22:00hrs that they were able to dive into the creek and recover the body of Craig.

The father of three worked as a driver. He was described as a quiet individual who loved fishing in the creek with lines. It is still unclear as to why he went into the water.

His body was taken to the Skeldon Hospital Mortuary where a post-mortem is expected to be conducted soon.