Woman’s body found on Aberdour Beach near Fraserburgh

A woman’s body has been found at Aberdour Beach near Fraserburgh this afternoon.

Police say that while her death is being treated as unexplained, it is not believed to be suspicious.

Officers said the woman was 41-years-old.

At 2pm, the coastguard was called to the scene to conduct a search in Aberdour Bay.

Fraserburgh lifeboat searched the water and Macduff and Fraserburgh coastguard teams carried out a search on land.

At 4.30pm, the lifeboat returned to Fraserburgh.

The incident happened on the beach to the north of New Aberdour village.

Report will go to Procurator Fiscal

A police spokeswoman said: “We were called to a report of the body of a 41-year-old woman having been found on the beach at New Aberdour, Fraserburgh, around 1.50pm on Tuesday February 28.

“The death is being treated as unexplained but there are no apparent suspicious circumstances.

“A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal in due course.”