Avon and Somerset Police have launched a search for a teenager from Plymouth who officers believe may be in Bath, after he travelled to the city from London Paddington station.
Ryan Ranson, from Ivybridge, was last seen at around 7am on Tuesday 20th January after he was dropped off for work at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth.
He was reported missing by his family later that day after his colleagues called them asking where he was.
The 17-year-old was last seen on CCTV using his bank card at a cash point machine at Paddington train station, London, on Friday 23rd January, shortly before 10.15am.
At the station Ryan bought a ticket from London to Bath Spa.
Officers are making enquiries in Bath and London, as well as in Torbay and BlackpoPol after Ryan’s bank card was used there last week before he travelled to Paddington.
Ryan is described as white, of medium build, with short brown hair. He was wearing jeans, trainers, a blue fleece, a black coat with a hood and he had a rucksack with him.
PC Rebecca Lockley, based in Ivybridge, said: “It’s been nearly a week now since Ryan went missing and his family are extremely concerned about him.
“This is the first time he has gone missing and his disappearance is completely out of character.
“There have been no sightings of Ryan since last Friday in London. We don’t know whether he is now in Bath, has returned to Devon or has gone somewhere else.
“We are continuing to make enquiries to find him and would like to speak to anyone who sees Ryan or knows where he is.”
Anyone with information about Ryan’s whereabouts is asked to call police on 101 quoting reference 507 of 20th January.
