Frantic search for missing Scots holidaymaker who vanished hours after arriving in Algarve party hotspot
FEARS are growing for a missing Scots holidaymaker who vanished during a night out with friends hours after flying to the Algarve on Tuesday.
Greg Monks’ worried sister Jillian sounded the alert today, saying the Glasgow man had last been seen in the Portuguese party resort of Albufeira during a first night out.
And she described his disappearance as “completely out of character.”
She wrote on an Albufeira expat site: “My brother has not been since Tuesday evening. If you are currently there and have any information place contact me with any info.”
Alison Meechan Fraser, from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, subsequently confirmed the 38-year-old had been reported missing and police were looking for him.
She said: “He was with a group of friends. All the other boys are at the accommodation.
“They all arrived Tuesday, went on a night out and none of them have seen him since late Tuesday/early Wednesday.
“It’s out of character, he’s 38 and named Greg.”
Jillian also confirmed her brother’s disappearance had been reported to the British Embassy as well as police and his hotel.
She said: “Please any info. We are desperate. Not like him to do this.”
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Portuguese police could not be reached for an immediate contact this afternoon.
Other British holidaymakers reacted to Jillian’s SOS by promising their support.
Greg had checked into the Novochoro Apartments, a tourist resort consisting of 31 units, shortly before he went missing.
A manager there said late this afternoon: “The police are doing their job and I’m sure we’ll have good news soon.
“But it’s obviously concerning because this gentleman will have been missing for 48 hours come tonight.
“He was with a group of male friends. I understand the missing man’s family will be flying to Portugal but I don’t have any exact information on that.”
Well-placed sources said the GNR police force in Albufeira was leading the search for Mr Monks.
Nicole Ashleigh Kerso, who describes herself on Facebook as being in a relationship with Greg, also posted a photo of him online last night alongside the appeal for information on his whereabouts his sister had published earlier in the day.
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