Tenby Coastguard were called out to hoax at North Beach during bank holiday
THE coastguard in Tenby were involved in a hoax callout.
The call, to HM Coastguard Tenby, was made at 9pm on August 28.
The team had been called out to a supposed vessel that had run aground.
A statement from Tenby Coastguard read: "The team were paged at just after 9pm to investigate a report of a vessel which had run aground on North Beach.
"Prior to the team arriving on the scene, further investigations made by Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police officers ascertained that the information received was a hoax.
"The team was then stood down."
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