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A body has been found in the search for teenager Cole Cooper who has been missing for four weeks.
Police said the body of a man was discovered in a wooded area near Kilsyth Road in Banknock, near Falkirk, at about 16:15.
Formal identification has yet to take place however the family of the missing 19-year-old, who is from the village, has been informed.
Police said inquiries were ongoing to establish the full circumstances.
Cole was reported missing on Friday 9 May.
Police say they have a confirmed witness sighting of him at about 20:45 on Wednesday 7 May in the nearby village of Longcroft.
Prior to that he had been captured on CCTV at several locations in Longcroft in the early hours of Sunday 4 May after he had left a party in Denny.
Police have spoken to almost 400 residents through door-to door inquiries and more than 2,000 hours of CCTV have been seized.
Officers say that since a dedicated online information portal was set up, numerous potential sightings, possible lines of inquiry, footage and images have been submitted directly to the investigation team.
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