SMN News learnt that Tooti a proprietor of several apartments in Sucker Garden is also a a fisherman. The source said Tooti went to fish and it appears that he either got a heart attack or encountered problems with his fishing gun while in the water. SMN News learnt that the body must have been floating in the water for more than three hours before it was found.
Commandant of the Gendarmerie Stephane Brunet said the victim died while swimming at the Le Galion beach. It is believed that the man died of drowning due to a heart attack. Brunet said the victim is from the Dutch side of the island.