Police investigating the disappearance of a man from Greenhithe have called in specialist police divers to investigate an area in Maidstone.

Patrick Lamb, aged 28, from Greenhithe, was last seen leaving Bar Chocolate in Market Buildings, just off the High Street, Maidstone between 12.30am and 1am on Saturday (December 13).

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Patrick Lamb.

He was on a night out with friends and was wearing a black Superdry coat and t-shirt with silver lettering at the time of his disappearance.

Kent Police and family and friends of Mr Lamb have been scouring Maidstone in search of the broadcast engineer for the past seven days.

Police divers have been deployed to an area of the river Medway which was indentified as a area for 'further investigation' after sonar devices were used in the area earlier today (December 19).

Over 16,000 have a joined a Facebook group to help search for Mr Lamb - the page owners have organised a mass search for him tonight starting at 7pm at the Muggleton Inn, High Street, Maidstone.

Anyone with any information on Mr Lamb's whereabouts should contact police on 101.