Scrap yard owners urged to be on look-out for missing dad and two sons with links to Shropshire
Scrap metal yard owners are being urged to lookout for a man who has disappeared with his two young children.
Michael John Cole, 43, and sons Michael Lee, eight, and Harry, seven, were reported missing from Arborfield in Berkshire on October 2.
It is thought they could have been travelling to Shropshire.
Police have renewed their appeal for help in tracing Mr Cole and his sons and have revealed that his is a scrap metal dealer.
Officers say it has received a great number of calls which had provided significant information.
The last confirmed sighting of Mr Cole was in Grazeley, Berkshire, on September 8 and it was believed he was planning to travel by train to Shropshire or Wales the following day.
Superintendent Shaun Virtue said: “New information has come into us that Michael John deals in scrap metal so we would ask scrap metal yard owners and staff to be vigilant.”
He added that Mr Cole, who is separated from the boys’ mother, did not pose “any immediate risk” to their safety but there were concerns for their long-term welfare.
Mr Cole has links with Ludlow and Shrewsbury in Shropshire and Bridgend and Newport in Wales.
Anybody who sees the trio have been urged by police to dial 999.
