The official search for a missing Beswick man ended without result last night.
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A team of police and other emergency services, aided by two helicopters have been scouring the bush south of Beswick since last week.
The 27-year-old has now been missing for six days.
Two people, the man and another woman, decided last Tuesday to walk back to Beswick after the car they were travelling in broke down.
Other members of the group stayed with the vehicle and were later rescued.
The woman safely made the 12km walk to Beswick although police said she arrived "dehydrated and in poor physical condition".
Police yesterday revealed the man had broken away from the woman he was travelling with to search for water.
Maximum temperatures in the area at the time were around 40 degrees.
The Beswick man is described as Aboriginal, 165mm tall and 45kgs. Last seen wearing only dark shorts, no shirt and carrying a blue backpack.
The six-day search included 20 police officers, 3 NTES volunteers, two helicopters and numerous vehicles.
The search was co-ordinated from Katherine.
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