A MAJOR emergency search is underway to help trace a missing 74-year-old woman near Annan.
Shona Campbell, 74, had gone for a walk in the Solway Estuary, near to Moss-Side Caravan Park, Cummertrees, Annan, around 5pm on Monday, December 9, and got into difficulty in the mud.
Extensive searches are being carried out using local and nationalist specialist police resources with the Coastguard, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Scottish Ambulance Service also assisting with the search.
Campbell is believed to be wearing jeans, a brown wax jacket and wellington boots.
Inspector Amy Ritchie said: "Every effort is being made to find Shona and her family are being supported by officers at this difficult time. "She was visiting the area and staying at West Moss-Side Caravan Park, Cummertrees. "From our enquiries so far, we know Shona left the caravan park to go for a walk before getting into difficulty and has not returned. "Local officers and search advisors are being assisted by specialist resources. "I'm appealing to anyone who may have seen Shona, or who has any information on her whereabouts, to contact us.
"Please think back, did you see Shona or someone matching her description in the area on Monday? Any information, no matter how small, may be the key to helping us find her." Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting reference 2525 of Monday, 9 December, 2024.
