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“THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN. EVERY DONATION, NO MATTER THE SIZE, WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR EFFORTS TO BRING GREG HOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS.” 20:27, 30 May
2025Updated 20:47, 30 May 2025 A fundraiser has been launched to aid search efforts for a Glasgow man who has gone missing while on a stag do in Portugal. Greg Monks vanished in the early
hours of Wednesday morning as he headed back to his holiday apartment after a first night out in the party resort of Albufeira with a large group of friends. Police have checked hospitals
and are trying to find out whether the 38-year-old has used his bank cards and get a rough location on his phone with the help of his family who flew out to help search on Thursday. Gillian
McCallum who set up the fundraiser on behalf of his distraught family said: “Our son Greg Monks went to Portugal for a stag do on Tuesday May 27 and on the first night back out there he
never returned to his hotel and has now been missing for three days. “We are desperately seeking Greg’s safe return and need your help. “There are professional search teams out looking for
Greg and the family have all flown out to try to help find him but don’t know how long their stay will be. Article continues below “They are doing everything they can. Every donation, no
matter the size, will make a difference in our efforts to bring Greg home. Thank you for your support and prayers.” The fundraiser had already raised over £7000 on Friday night. Yesterday
Greg’s worried sister Jillian, said the search was focusing on a residential area called Cerro da Aguia where Greg is understood to have been seen on CCTV. She said: “The police have asked
us to try to access his banking details to see if he’s used his cards but we don’t have his passwords so it’s not been confirmed if he’s used them. The police have advised us that all the
hospitals have been checked. "I was phoning him when his friends alerted me on Wednesday morning he’d gone missing and at first it was ringing out but now the phone appears to be out of
battery and getting a fix on where it might have last been or is now is not obviously proving easy." JOIN THE DAILY RECORD WHATSAPP COMMUNITY! Get the latest news sent straight to your
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you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Jillian added: “I’ve managed to get his iPad to access his Apple account but his phone is just saying it’s offline and no tracking is
available. Apple are saying at the moment they can’t do anything and the police are waiting as well and I think they’ve also tried pinging a cell tower. "Greg’s got a tattoo at the top
of his right arm which might help people identify him over and above the photos that are already out there. If he’s not wearing a top or has got a vest top on it would be visible. It’s an
unfinished tattoo of a Thor-type Viking.” Article continues below You can find out more about the fundraiser here.