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Brit found dead floating in swimming pool in Menorca as cops launch probe after he was discovered by staff

A BRITISH man has drowned at a private swimming pool on the holiday island of Menorca.

A maintenance man reportedly discovered his body floating in the water this morning.

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Police at the villa today in MenorcaCredit: Solarpix
The man may have hit his head before drowning in the pool, investigators sayCredit: Solarpix

The 64-year-old Brit is said to have owned the property where he was found dead.

It was not immediately clear if he lived on the island or was on holiday at the time.

The alarm was raised this morning in a residential area called Trebaluger near Es Castell on the east of the Balearic island.

Local police, Civil Guard officers and paramedics were among the emergency responders who raced to the villa.

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Police are understood to be looking at the possibility the victim ended up in the pool after falling and hitting his head.

An autopsy is expected to take place tomorrow.

The Civil Guard in nearby Majorca has confirmed it has launched an investigation into the tragedy.

It is being overseen by a local investigating judge.

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Last month a British pensioner was left fighting for life after almost drowning in a pool in Menorca.

The 72-year-old man was rescued at hotel in Cala Blanca, on the west of the island, and taken to hospital in a critical condition.

In June an Irish holidaymaker aged 69 drowned in the sea near Cala Torre in the south-east of Menorca.

Days earlier a British man aged 70 drowned in a pool at the residential apartment block he was staying at in Menorca.

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