Nottinghamshire Police is searching for missing teenager last seen in the Retford area

Police are carrying out extensive land and water searches to find a missing 19-year-old.

Jacob Crompton, 19, was last seen around midnight on Saturday, March 23 and into March 24, in the Retford area.

The teenager, who has been missing for over a week, is described to be around 5ft 10ins, of medium build and has short dark mousy hair.

He was last seen wearing a North Face anorak, a hoody, jeans and navy blue Nike Air Max trainers.

It is believed that Jacob is currently without his glasses.

Posters have been spread across Retford and members of the public have formed search parties with the aim to find Jacob.

A facebook group — Find Jacob — has also been created.

His mother, Nicola Crompton wrote in a Facebook post three days ago: “It is now over a week since Jacob went missing. It is completely out of character for him not to return home after a night out.

“He is very much loved by his family, friends and colleagues. He had plans for the future, and he was happy in life.

“Jacob was wearing his glasses on the evening he went out, Saturday 23rd March, but inexplicably, not wearing them at the time of his disappearance.

“Please, please, keep sharing and searching.

“We desperately need Jacob to be found.”

Detective sergeant Rachel Mayfield, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “We are doing everything we possibly can to find Jacob and we’d urge anyone who has seen him to please get in touch.

“That one piece of information may help to find him.

“There is currently nothing to suggest that Jacob’s disappearance is suspicious, and we will continue to act on information received.

“This is clearly a distressing time for Jacob’s family who have asked for their privacy to be respected. We have specialist officers supporting them and continue to keep them updated of our ongoing work.

“As part of our ongoing inquiries, specialist teams have been conducting land and water searches, including in the Retford area, as our efforts to find Jacob continue.

"Resources used during searches include a helicopter, underwater search team, and a drone team.

“We are obviously growing increasingly concerned for his safety and wellbeing and we urgently want to hear from anyone who has seen him.

“I’d like to thank partner agencies who have assisted us with our extensive searches, including the volunteer Nottinghamshire Search and Rescue Team (NSART) and Watersafe UK Search and Rescue Team (WUKSART)."

If you have seen Jacob or have any information on where he is, please call us on 101, quoting incident number 299 of March 24 .