6PR Breakfast has revealed that TRG officers and the RAC rescue chopper have rescued a man 160km out of Sandstone.

The rescue happened 450km north of Kalgoorlie, where the 80-year-old man disappeared on Friday evening.

Police spent the weekend combing remote terrain, working into the night. 

The search operation had to sleep through rough conditions, as Superintendent Steve Post said, ‘in the middle of nowhere.’

Superintendent Post from the Mid-West Gascoyne District told Gareth Parker the local man was found on Sunday afternoon.

“We ended up finding him at about lunchtime yesterday resting up against a tree,” he said on 6PR Breakfast.

“And obviously very happy to see three gentlemen in dark overalls who were equally happy to see him.”

Press PLAY to hear about the remarkable rescue in the Gascoyne.

Police from the Mid West – Gascoyne District have successfully coordinated a land search operation for an 80-year-old man who was reported missing on Friday night, 19 August 2022, about 160km south west of Sandstone.

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