A search for a missing 66-year-old Colne man has been redeployed.

Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team alongside Lancashire Police joined in a search for Samuel Smith in the area of Foulridge near Colne last week.

Information revealed that he was seen at Skipton Tarn House Caravan Park on Monday, March 2, between noon and 1pm.

Missing man Samuel Smith was last seen at Skipton Tarn House Caravan Park on Monday, March 2, between noon and 1pm.

placeholder image — Missing man Samuel Smith was last seen at Skipton Tarn House Caravan Park on Monday, March 2, between noon and 1pm.

His desperate family also organised a search on Sunday in Skipton, meeting at noon at the entrance to the castle.

Providing an update a spokesperson for the mountain rescue team said the team have since stood down.

They said: “At this time, the team have been stood down from these search areas after intelligence-led investigations and CCTV confirmation that Samuel had travelled out of the area and into Skipton.”

The search has now been handed over to North Yorkshire Police, where they are continuing investigations.

The spokesperson added: “We would like to pass our thanks to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team (BPMRT) and Cave Rescue Organisation, who were contacted and started to mobilise further resources to assist with the search before being stood down.”