A&nbsp;French&nbsp;woman and&nbsp;British&nbsp;man who disappeared while diving off the coast of&nbsp;Malaysia&nbsp;were found safe on Saturday, drifting at&nbsp;sea&nbsp;two&nbsp;and a half&nbsp;days&nbsp;after&nbsp;they went missing, police said.

Four people went missing on Wednesday at around noon on a training dive near Tokong Sanggol, a small island off the southeastern town of Mersing.

The group's instructor, Kristine Grodem, 35, from Norway, was&nbsp;rescued&nbsp;on Thursday.

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Fishermen spotted Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18, from France, and Briton Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, at around 1 a.m. (1700 GMT on Friday) in waters off Pengerang, a considerable distance to the south of where they disappeared, Mersing district police chief Cyril Edward Nuing told reporters.

"Both individuals ... are reported to be in stable condition," he said, adding that marine police had taken them to hospital. He declined to provide&nbsp;more&nbsp;details of the rescue.

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Rescuers were&nbsp;searching for Chesters' 14-year-old son, Dutch citizen Nathan&nbsp;Renze Chesters, Nuing said.

Grodem told officials the group surfaced about an hour into their dive on Wednesday but could not find their boat.

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She was later separated from the others&nbsp;after&nbsp;being caught in strong currents.

The boat operator who took them to the dive site was detained&nbsp;after&nbsp;testing positive for drugs, police said.

A French woman and British man who disappeared while diving off the coast of Malaysia were found safe on Saturday, drifting at sea two and a half days after they went missing, police said.

A French woman and British man who disappeared while diving off the coast of Malaysia were found safe on Saturday, drifting at sea two and a half days after they went missing, police said. Four people went missing on Wednesday at around noon on a training dive near Tokong Sanggol, a small island off the southeastern town of Mersing. The group's instructor, Kristine Grodem, 35, from Norway, was rescued on Thursday. Also read | Food prices hit record high in March, UN agency says Fishermen spotted Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18, from France, and Briton Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, at around 1 a.m. (1700 GMT on Friday) in waters off Pengerang, a considerable distance to the south of where they disappeared, Mersing district police chief Cyril Edward Nuing told reporters. "Both individuals ... are reported to be in stable condition," he said, adding that marine police had taken them to hospital. He declined to provide more details of the rescue. Watch | What is driving methane emissions? US government data shows the grim reality Rescuers were searching for Chesters' 14-year-old son, Dutch citizen Nathan Renze Chesters, Nuing said. Grodem told officials the group surfaced about an hour into their dive on Wednesday but could not find their boat. Also read | Sea lions enter salmon farm, refuse to leave even weeks after gorging on fish in Canada She was later separated from the others after being caught in strong currents. The boat operator who took them to the dive site was detained after testing positive for drugs, police said.

British, French divers rescued in Malaysia after more than two days at sea

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British, French divers rescued in Malaysia after more than two days at sea