Urgent appeal to trace missing Edinburgh man, 52, last seen in North Berwick area

Richard Forbes was reported missing from the Capital’s Duddingston Crescent on Wednesday, March 18th.

He was last seen at about 8am yesterday and subsequent inquiries have established he travelled to North Berwick and visited a cafe in the Canty Bay area at about 2:50pm.

Police were joined by a coastguard helicopter yesterday evening as searches of the area were carried out in a bid to trace Mr Forbes. He is described as being a white man, around 6ft 2ins in height, of medium build with grey hair.Inspector Grant McCulloch, from Craigmillar Police Station in Edinburgh, said: “We are appealing for anyone with knowledge of Richard’s whereabouts to come forward, as we are becoming increasingly concerned for his wellbeing as time moves on.“Officers and a number of specialist resources, such as our helicopter, have been out searching in the Canty Bay area of North Berwick, and this activity will carry on throughout today also.

“Anyone with information should contact Police on 101, quoting incident 2035 of 18 March.”