Police staged a large scale search for a vulnerable missing man this afternoon.
Police cars and the force helicopter searched areas of Bocking and the Glebe estate after a 50-year-old man was reported missing at 2.30pm.
He was found 40 minutes later.
An Essex Police spokesman said: "He was found safe and well and was returned by officers to his home.
"He was found in Church Lane."
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