The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Police search flat in hunt for Allan
Glenrothes home at centre of new lead in Allan Bryant inquiry
Police investigating the disappearance of a Fife man more than three years ago searched a flat in Glenrothes in what his family hope will be a major breakthrough.
The father of Allan Bryant Jr said he is “playing a waiting game” following the potentially dramatic development in the search for his missing son yesterday.
Police spent the day in a property in Glenrothes’ Barnton Place, in the town’s Newcastle area, also stationed outside as the probe was carried out inside the end-terrace property. Mr Bryant was last seen outside a local nightclub and his father, Allan Sr, suspects he was killed.
Police searched a Glenrothes house yesterday in a dramatic development in the search for missing Allan Bryant Jr.
Officers swooped on a property in Barnton Place, in the Newcastle area of the town, after fresh intelligence is believed to have come to light more than three years after the then 23-year-old was last seen.
Yesterday, an emotional Allan Bryant Sr said that he hoped that this police action would provide his family with the breakthrough that they desperately wished for.
“I just hope that something comes from it,” he said. “We are playing a waiting game now. “I can’t go up there myself, it would just be too much”
Allan Jr was 23 when he disappeared after a night out with friends on November 3 2013.
He had been at Styx Nightclub on Caskieberran Road and nearby CCTV footage showed him leaving the venue in the early hours of the morning.
High-profile appeals have been made by both his family and the police, while searches have been conducted throughout the town and across the wider area of Fife.
However, there remains no trace of Allan Jr, who would now be 27, with his father having stated on several occasions that he believes his son is dead.
To date, it remains the largest missing person investigation ever undertaken by police in Fife.
Confirming that yesterday’s search was in connection with the investigation into Mr Bryant’s disappearance, Detective Inspector Stuart Wilson of Police Scotland’s Major Investigation Team said: “Officers executed a search warrant at an address in Barnton Place, Glenrothes, on Friday June 16 in connection with the ongoing investigation into missing man Allan Bryant.
“We remain committed to getting answers for the Bryant family and any information we receive from the community will be assessed and further action taken wherever appropriate.”
Mr Wilson added: “Anyone who may have information about Allan’s movements after he left Styx nightclub in Caskieberran Road in the early hours of 3 November 2013 is urged to get in touch as soon as possible and can pass information to Police Scotland by calling 101 or emailing operationtoner@scotland.pnn.police.uk”.