The body of a British man has been recovered from a canal in Amsterdam.
Richard Cole, 30, from Dursley in Gloucestershire, was reported missing after visiting bars in the Thorbeckeplein area of Amsterdam at about 2am UK time on January 25.
Dutch police said a man’s body, found to be Mr Cole’s, was discovered by divers in the Herengracht canal on Monday.
Police said: “His family has been informed. It is still unclear how he ended up in the water."
An investigation into the how Mr Cole came to be in the water is under way.
Mr Cole had been travelling from Copenhagen to Assen in northern Holland via Amsterdam at the time of his disappearance.
Gloucestershire Police previously described Mr Cole as "an experienced traveller".
His mother, Debbie Thornhill, set up a Facebook page called Help us find Richard Cole in which she described her son as a “very special person not only to his family but to all his friends”.
She also wrote: "Life would just not be the same without him."
Mr Cole’s brother Lee Thornhill went to the Dutch capital to distribute flyers as part of the search.
A spokesman for Gloucestershire Police said: "We have been informed by Richard Cole's family and Dutch police that Richard's body has been recovered from a canal in Amsterdam.
"The Dutch police will continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding Richard's death and detectives from Gloucestershire will be liaising with them in order to provide information to the coroner's office.
"Richard has been formally identified by his brother Lee and the family are now asking that the media respect their privacy at this difficult time."
Additional reporting by PA
