Significant numbers of police descended on a residence on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish at about 6.30pm yesterday after a report of a domestic dispute.

A police spokesman said reports indicated that a 45-year-old man had threatened to physically harm his mother, 67, at a home in the Crawl Hill area.

Officers found the woman unharmed and carried out a widespread search for her son, who was not located.

Witnesses or anyone with information were asked to call the main police number, 295-0011.