POLICE have confirmed that a missing 73-year-old Dalton man has been found safe and well.

Concerns were raised for the welfare of Geoffrey Ward after he had not been seen since leaving his home at around 9am on October 17.

Officers confirmed Mr Ward had been found safe and well at around 7pm last night.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We can now confirm that Mr Ward has been located safe and well.</p>— Cumbria Police (@Cumbriapolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cumbriapolice/status/920345525785948161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>