Police looking for missing Dunfermline man Corrie McKeague say they have found 'no trace' of him after 20 weeks of searching a landfill site. 

Suffolk Police have now called off the search at Milton this afternoon. 

Corrie, 23, went missing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds on September 24 last year.

The last known sighting of him on CCTV was when he entered a bin loading area called the 'horseshoe' area. 

Police have been searching a landfill site after fears he was taken there when his mobile phone signal matched the movements of the disposal truck.

The search team have searched through more than 6,500 tonnes of waste deposited between Monday, September 19 and Monday, October 3. 

Detective Superintendent Katie Elliott said “Our thoughts are with Corrie’s family as we had hoped that this search would have provided them with the answers about what happened to him.

“This has been an unprecedented search, in the scale and amount of waste that has been examined. We have searched the whole area where we believed Corrie could be. We had compelling information that directed us to this area however we haven’t found Corrie and this is bitterly disappointing.

“We have searched over 6500 tonnes of waste, excavating a huge area. Without anything further to tell us where he might be on such a vast site the search cannot continue."

The news comes after the mother of the former St Columba's pupil said yesterday that police had been searching the wrong area of the landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, for 10 weeks. 

Writing on the 'Find Corrie' Facebook page, Nicola Urquhart, said that the search had been going on for 20 weeks because the police were first told that the rubbish had been emptied in a different location. 

Police are now searching a landfill site after fears he was taken there when his mobile phone signal matched the movements of the disposal truck.

Nicola also added that "mistakes had been made" and she is "finding it incredibly difficult to remain quiet". 

The Dunfermline mum also posted that she had been told my police that the investigation would become a criminal one if Corrie was not found in the landfill. 

Suffolk Police have commissioned a review of the work completed since the start of the investigation to see if anything further can be done to trace Corrie McKeague.

It is estimated the investigation has cost over £1.2million to date, the vast majority of this relating to the cost of searching the site.