TWO canoes that disappeared after their owners ran into trouble while out on the River Tees have been found for sale on Ebay.
On September 6 six canoeists went out on a rain-swollen Tees but three of the group capsized near Winston, County Durham.
All of the group escaped from the accident unhurt after police, ambulance and fire crews came to their rescue.
But two of the canoes, worth a total of £2,400 were later spotted being loaded on the top of a car further downstream.
More than five months later, one of the owners of the canoes spotted them for sale on internet auction site Ebay.
They contacted the police, who traced the seller, who claimed to have found the kayaks.
The man, from Crook, County Durham, has been given a police caution and the two canoes have been returned to their owners.
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