POLICE searching for a missing man have found a body.

The force confirmed that the body of a man was recovered in the Dumbarton area at around 5.30pm on Monday, January 8.

The force have been searching for missing Scott McSporran, 42, who vanished from his home on Friday, December 29.

He was last seen by his brother in Ardoch Crescent in the Brucehill area of Dumbarton around 8pm on the day he vanished.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Around 5.30pm on Monday, January 8, the body of a man was recovered from the Dumbarton area.

"Formal identification has still to take place.

"A post mortem will be carried out in due course to establish the exact cause of death, which officers are treating as unexplained at this time.

"A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal."