A body has been found near where two missing sisters were last seen in Aberdeen.

Henrietta and Eliza Huszti – both 32 and from a set of triplets – were last sighted near the River Dee on 7 January.

Police Scotland said a body had been seen in the river, near Queen Elizabeth Bridge, at about 07:55 on Friday.

“The body has been recovered from the water and inquiries are ongoing,” said the force.

A police boat is searching the river and coastguard teams are also at the scene.

The disappearance of the two sisters – originally from Hungary – sparked a major search operation earlier this month.

They were last seen in the early hours of 7 January, when they crossed the Victoria Bridge and turned right onto a footpath next to the river heading towards Aberdeen Boat Club.

The Victoria Bridge and Queen Elizabeth Bridge are about half a mile apart on the River Dee.

Earlier this week Police Scotland said searches of the river and the harbour area had ended.

But the force said inquiries would be ongoing and coastal areas north and south of the city would continue to be searched.

Detectives previously revealed the sisters visited the Victoria Bridge the day before they disappeared.

They also texted their landlady from the bridge area in the early hours of the 7 January to say they would not return to their flat.

The sisters moved to Scotland about 10 years ago and had been saving to buy their own home.

Officers had been treating it is a missing persons inquiry and not a criminal investigation.