Drones are being drafted in to help with the search of a missing teenager who vanished more than a fortnight ago.

Cole Cooper disappeared after a night out on May 4 in Longcroft, Falkirk, and the last reported sighting of him was three days later in the village’s Glasgow Road area.

In a heartfelt plea, his mother Wendy Stewart yesterday begged her son to ‘come home’ as drone operators were urged to apply for permission to fly in Cumbernauld Airport’s flight restriction zone so they can widen the search.

A social media page set up by the family to provide updates about the hunt for the 19-year-old asks for drone owners to get in touch with the airport so they could search between Longcroft and Banknock.

Ms Stewart, meanwhile, begged her son to ‘please come home’.