The Armed Forces of Malta together with the Police are currently searching for a diver that went missing around St Paul’s Islands.

The 35-year-old Għaxaq resident went missing yesterday at around 5.30pm in the afternoon, Police confirmed with Lovin Malta.

The diver is said to have embarked on his dive from St Paul’s Bay.

Multiple eyewitnesses said that they spotted the helicopter and the patrol boats conducting a search and rescue operation in the area.

More details as they come