Missing walkers – Durisdeer
Police Scotland report that a large scale search is continuing in the hills around Durisdeer in Dumfriesshire for three missing walkers who failed to return from a walk on Tuesday 16 February 2016. The three, 64 year old Bobby Thomson, 73 year old George Crosbie( Main Photo) and 74 year old Jeffrey Stewart are all from Dumfries and were reported missing by relatives around 1730 hours on Tuesday. The three men indicated that they would be home around 1530 hours that day. Search teams including the Moffat, Galloway, Tweed Valley and Police Scotland Mountain Rescue Teams along with SARDA dogs and a helicopter from HM Coastguard are continuing to search the area. The search was started on Tuesday evening and continued throughout the night.
Inspector Gordon McKnight, Search Coordinator for Police Scotland said “the weather through Tuesday evening and into Wednesday morning was very poor however it is now improving which allows for the use of air support to assist the teams on the ground. We ask anyone who may have seen the three men to get in touch with us through the 101 number.”
