Police are looking for a 36-year-old man in the Waikato River who was said to have fled police yesterday.
Police went to a property on Montgomery Crescent, Hamilton, at 11pm yesterday to see man in relation to a serious assault on a woman, 26, earlier that day.
The man left the property on foot, and he was tracked by a police dog to the Waikato River, near the Cobham Bridge.
"The river and its banks were searched with the assistance of the Police boat and Eagle helicopter," a statement from police said.
"About an hour later, the man was located in the water but disappeared from sight before police were able to reach him."
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Police are continuing the search.
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