Handcuffed body found in Southampton river identified

Police say body that of 22-year-old who fled drugs search in January

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A man who ran away from police officers rather than face a drug search has been found dead in a nearby river, still wearing the handcuffs officers had used to detain him.

The handcuffed body was spotted on Sunday in the water at Riverside Park, in the north of Southampton.

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