A body has been found in the search for a missing Ayrshire man more than two weeks after he vanished.
Corry Ferguson disappeared from his home in Saltcoats on Tuesday, March 1 with the last confirmed sighting of the man in a Spar shop on Wheatley Road in the town.
Police confirmed this afternoon that a body had been discovered in the search for the 26-year-old at Irvine beach park this morning.
His family have been informed of the tragic find but formal identification has yet to take place.
Police say that while his death is being treated as unexplained, there doesn't appear to be any suspicious circumstances.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 6.45am on Friday, March 18, the body of a man was found on the beach at Irvine Beach Park.
"Formal identification has yet to take place but the family of Corry Ferguson (26), who has been missing from the Saltcoats area since Tuesday, March 1 have been informed.
"Enquiries into the death are at an early stage. It is currently being treated as unexplained but there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances."
On Sunday, around 100 volunteers searched The crumbling remains of the ICI Nobel bomb factory buildings in Ardeer, Stevenston.
Searches have been co-ordinated from a Facebook page Corry's family have set up called 'Missing Person Corry Ferguson'.
The Missing Person Corry Ferguson Facebook page posted this afternoon: "Firstly on behalf of the family we would like to thank every last person for the support and help in the search for Corry
"We can confirm that the search for Corry is cancelled, we can’t disclose any information as of yet purely because we don’t know anything ourselves.
"The family are going to take the next few days to process the loss of Corry, can we please ask that they be given some space to grieve."
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