POLICE are appealing for the public's help in tracing a missing 32-year-old man from the Middlesbrough area.

Foad Kochi was last seen in the early hours of the morning of Sunday, May 14, on Marton Road, heading in the direction of Bellevue Grove, Middlesbrough, where he may have been picked up in a taxi.

Cleveland Police said: "He is described as being around 5ft 4" tall, of Arabic appearance with short, black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a black jumper, dark tracksuit bottoms and white Nike Air Max trainers with yellow detail.

"Officers are concerned for his welfare and would ask him, or anyone who may have seen him or may know of his whereabouts, to contact Cleveland Police on 101."