Body found in Highland glen by teams searching for missing hillwalker

Search: Helicopter and dogs joined mountain rescue teams.© STV

Rescuers searching for a missing hillwalker have found a body, police said.

A search was launched after a man in his 70s was reported missing at midday on Wednesday in the Glen Etive area in the Highlands.

Northern Constabulary, Strathclyde Police, Glencoe mountain rescue team, Oban mountain rescue team and an RAF mountain rescue team were all involved in the search.

The teams were joined by a rescue helicopter and search and rescue dogs.

Northern Constabulary said that the body of a man was found in the Stob Dubh area of Glen Etive at around 2.30pm on Friday.

It has not yet been formally identified.

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