Police, the fire service and a Coastguard river rescue team were involved in a major search operation for an elderly Perthshire man on Tuesday night after he had been missing since Tuesday morning.
James Morton, 88, was last seen at 8.30am at Oakbank Place in Guildtown.
As darkness fell concern grew for Mr Morton’s safety and the major search operation was launched.
Mr Morton is described as 5ft 10in tall, with receding grey hair. He was wearing grey trousers, a navy blue jumper, red and white checked shirt, brown anorak and boots. He walks with the aid of a walking stick and is believed to have had this with him.
Police initially refused to give out any details of the search operation when asked by The Courier, but late on Tuesday night they issued an appeal for information.
It said: “Any sightings of James or his vehicle, a silver Peugeot 207 registration KN62VML, please contact Police Scotland on 101 and quote incident number 2240.”
The focus of the search on Wednesday was the Campsie area of the River Tay near to Guildtown.
