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A charity has completed its search for a teenager who has been missing from the Isle of Lewis for more than two months.<\/p>\n
Aleksandr Benga, 16, was last seen near a water wheel in the grounds of Stornoway’s Lews Castle on the morning of 18 November.<\/p>\n
Specialist Search Dogs carried out searches around Stornoway at the weekend.<\/p>\n
Volunteers running a local appeal to find Aleksandr said the charity had been unsuccessful in finding the teenager, but it had helped to narrow the search area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The volunteers said work would continue to find Aleksandr.<\/p>\n
Previous searches have involved police, divers, coastguard teams and mountain rescue volunteers.<\/p>\n
The effort to find Aleksandr has included checks of outbuildings, including sheilings – which are small shelters crofters used in summer while tending livestock – in case he had sought shelter from cold weather.<\/p>\n
On 25 November, police stopped drivers in Stornoway to ask if they had seen the teenager.<\/p>\n
Aleksandr is described as 6ft 2ins tall, of slim build with short brown hair.<\/p>\n
When last seen, he was wearing a beige jumper and black jeans. He may also have had a red jacket and a yellow beanie hat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n