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Police have confirmed that a body has been found in the search for missing Newtownabbey man Dean McIlwaine .

Family and friends searched the Cavehill area on Saturday for the popular 22-year-old who has been missing since July 14.

Large searches have taken place across Greater Belfast and volunteers moved to Cavehill Country Park on Saturday where a body was found.

(Image: Justin Kernoghan/Photopress)

Dean's mother Karen, father Rod and partner Demi-Jo were among those who took part in today's search.

(Image: Justin Kernoghan/Photopress)

Hundreds of members of the public have helped in searches over the past week.

Inspector Mark Cavanagh said: “Police can confirm that the body of a man has been found in the Cavehill area of north Belfast.

"A postmortem will be carried out in due course to determine the cause of death. There are no further details at this time.”