DETECTIVES are searching for a sex offender who has gone missing.

Zeeshan Barshir, from Blackburn, is wanted by police after breaching his sex offender requirements.

The 23-year-old, who is 5ft 8ins tall, usually lives in the Revidge Road and Corporation Park area of Blackburn but has not been seen by officers at that address since May.

Det Sgt Stephen Munro said: “Bashir has previously served a prison sentence for sexual activity with a child and is now subject to a sexual harm prevention order. We need to know where he is. Zeeshan, if you are reading this appeal, hand yourself in.”

Anyone with any information about his whereabouts should call 01254 353852 or 101 quoting log LC-20180702-1001.