Largs search suspended as police seek missing man’s identity

Police Scotland is appealing for information to identify a man reported in the water near Burnlea Road in Largs, North Ayrshire, after an extensive search found no one and was suspended on October 27. The report was received at 12:12 a.m. that day. Police said the man remains missing and described him as a tall, slim white man in his 20s, with no facial hair, wearing all black, including a black jacket with its hood up. HM Coastguard said it was alerted at about 12:20 a.m. to a report of a person believed to have been swept into the sea by large waves. The search involved an HM Coastguard helicopter and aircraft, Coastguard Rescue Teams from Largs and Ardrossan, RNLI lifeboats from Largs and Troon, Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. No one was found, and the search was suspended at about 9 a.m. pending new information. Police say two men seen in the area around the time the man went into the water may be witnesses. One was described as a white man with ginger hair and a beard, wearing a black padded jacket, blue trousers and white trainers. The other was described as a white man wearing a black jacket, blue trousers, dark trainers with a light-coloured...