A BODY has been recovered in the search for a Glasgow man who went missing whilst on a stag do in Portugal.
Greg Monks was reported missing after leaving the main strip in Albufeira in the Algarve region after a night out between the evening of May 27 and the early hours of May 28.
The last official sighting of the 38-year-old was at around 3.27am on May 28 as he walked past a property in Cerro de Aguia.
Judicial Police in Portugal have now confirmed that the body of a man was discovered in that area today (June 4).
Officers say the man, a 38-year-old British citizen, had been missing since May 28.
They added that his disappearance was reported to the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) in Albufeira on the same day at around 8pm.
Following investigations and looking into the presumed route taken since the last sighting, police say the body was located on vacant land.
The force says that once a judicial inspection has been carried out, the body will be removed for an autopsy to be performed.
A statement published to Policia Judiciaria’s website reads: “The Judicial Police, through the Southern Directorate, with the collaboration of the GNR of Albufeira, located, today, in the Cerro de Águia area, in Albufeira, the body of a man who had been missing since May 28.
“The disappearance of the 38-year-old British citizen was reported to the GNR in Albufeira on May 28, at 8:00 pm, by another man who was accompanying him on holiday in that location.
“After several investigations and investigating the presumed route taken in the early hours of the aforementioned day, since the last sighting, the body was located on a vacant and very uneven terrain.
“After the competent judicial inspection has been carried out, the body will be removed to the area's Legal Medicine Office for an autopsy to be performed.”
A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office said: “We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Portugal and are in contact with the local authorities”.
