LATEST: At 2.21pm on Tuesday, the police announced that the operation has ended. The 27-year-old must have traveled from Bergen on Sunday 9 July, using public transport. On Tuesday night, the police and volunteers from the Red Cross, Norwegian Rescue Dogs and Norwegian People’s Aid searched for a man in his 20s in the area by Frotveit southeast of Bergen. – There has been a search but no findings have been made of either the person or objects that can be linked to him. We are still searching the area, said operations manager Tom Johannessen in the West police district at 08.30. The man is said to have taken part in a festival where, among other things, music and several Viking and medieval-related activities and yoga were on the programme. Frotveit is located rurally, in the southeast of Bergen municipality. Found empty tent with mobile phone and wallet The man was reported missing in connection with the dismantling of the festival, which has lasted from Thursday 6 to Monday 10 July. The message came just before 11.30pm on Monday evening, from a Swiss woman who is said to have come to the festival together with the missing man, but not to have had any particular contact with him during the festival. – There they discovered that a tent was empty, and the person who had rented the tent was nowhere to be found, said the then operational leader on duty in the West police district, Eivind Hellesund, on Tuesday morning. A mobile phone and a wallet are said to have been found in the tent. The Norwegian Civil Defense is assisting in the exploration work at Frotveit. Photo: Sigurd Hamre / news The next of kin have been informed that he is missing, the police say. – There is no suspicion of anything criminal, but he has no connection to the area. We think that he may have gotten lost, or that something may have happened to him in the terrain, Hellesund said at 05.50. The Red Cross has had crews in the area. Photo: Sigurd Hamre / news Bringing in volunteers According to operations manager Johannessen, three crew members from Norwegian Rescue Dogs, 18 people from the Red Cross and four or five from Norwegian People’s Aid were on duty. In addition, the police have applied with a dog team. Norwegian People’s Aid has contributed with a drone. – We are now in a holiday period, where it is not so easy to get hold of volunteers over a longer period of time. Those who were there last night are about to be exhausted, Johannessen said earlier on Tuesday. A helicopter is involved in the search operation. Photo: Sigurd Hamre / news
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Empty tent triggered extensive search operation – news Vestland
