The New York Police Department’s Harbor Unit pulled the remains out of the river near Governor's Island around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

A suitcase containing human remains was recovered by police from New York's East River on Wednesday evening, police said.

According to ABC News, authorities from the New York Police Department's Harbor Unit made the grim discovery at approximately 5:30 p.m. in the 1st Precinct near Governors Island. The crew of a ferry reportedly first spotted the suitcase bobbing in the water and cruised alongside it, attempting to pull in onboard.

Spencer Grant/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Human remains have been found in a suitcase that was drifting in the East River in New York City, police said. The discovery

Human remains have been recovered from a suitcase found in a New York river, police have said. The suitcase was found at around 5.30pm local time on Wednesday near Governors Island in the East River, Sky News' US partner network NBC reported, citing its affiliate NBC New York.

The gruesome discovery was made when the NYPD Harbor Unit retrieved the suitcase, which contained a man's torso, in the East River south of Manhattan.

Police made the gruesome discovery of a man’s torso floating off Manhattan near Governors Island in the East River on Wednesday. According to the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, the NYPD Harbor Unit spotted a suitcase containing the remains around 5:30 p.