Tenby coastguards are again involved in searching the River Towy today, for an 11-year-old boy who is thought to have fallen in on Tuesday afternoon.

Dyfed-Powys police have named the boy as 11-year-old Cameron Comey, who is believed to have fallen into the river late on Tuesday afternoon while playing with his younger brother.

Cameron, who is from Carmarthen, was last seen playing near the river in the Tanerdy area of Carmarthen.

Police are appealing for members of the public who were in the area near the river between 2pm and 4pm on Tuesday, February 17, to call 101 with any information.

Police said that the search and rescue operation, which stopped for the night yesterday evening, resumed this morning.

Coastguards, an inshore lifeboat, firefighters and helicopters are being deployed, as well as a specialist dive team from South Wales Police.

At 10.30am yesterday (Wednesday) morning Inspector Eric Evans spoke to the media.

He said a specially trained officer is working with the family in order to provide support and maintain communication between the services and the community at this very difficult time.

"The search continues in hope", he said.

Asked if police were confident that the boy had actually fallen into the river, Insp Evans said: "We are not 100 per cent sure that the boy has gone into the water although we are fairly confident that he has. We are conducting a thorough search of the area and following every lead in order to find him.

"As a police service we deal with missing person reports on a daily basis so are very experienced and well-trained and will be systematic in our approach to finding him."

Insp Evans said there were around 50 personnel from all services systematically searching the river.

"We are being guided by coastguard in relation to the flow of river and tidal water as to how far the boy could have travelled", he added.