A 59-year-old man from Nadur has been found dead in a reservoir in San Blas, near Nadur, Gozo.

The grim discovery was made this morning.

Members of the Civil Protection Department empties the reservoir to assist the police in their on-site investigations. 

The victim, Toni Portelli, was a teacher, father of three, who had apparently been picking oranges.

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