A “huge seek” for British teen Jay Slater gets beneathneath manner in Tenerife today, nearly weeks after the apprentice bricklayer went lacking.
The Civil Guard stated they could step up their look for the 19-year-vintage after attractive for volunteer institutions, which includes firefighters, and character volunteers with revel in in navigating hard terrain to assist them.
Police and volunteers will start their seek at 9am withinside the village of Masca, close to Mr Slater`s closing-recognized vicinity, and try to retrace his closing-recognized steps.
In a statement, police stated: “The huge seek could be accomplished on Saturday, 29 June from 9am.
“Bearing in thoughts that that is an abrupt, rocky area, complete of unevenness and with a mess of ravines, paths and roads, the collaboration of all the ones institutions of volunteers who can assist on this raid this is meant to be accomplished in a directed and coordinated way is requested.”
Sky’s North of England correspondent Shingi Mararike in Tenerife stated the seek “is possibly a very last push from the Civil Guard to make a few type of headway”.
Mr Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared after attempting to stroll lower back to his lodging after lacking a bus on Monday closing week.
He become closing pictured at Papayago, the nightclub web website hosting the cease of the New Rave Generation festival, past due on sixteen June.
Slater visible through cafe proprietor
After the occasion ended, he were given in a vehicle with men, journeying to a small Airbnb in Masca, in which a nearby cafe proprietor informed Sky News he attempted to capture a bus lower back to Los Cristianos, in which he become staying.
Ofelia Medina Hernandez stated she noticed him at 8am on 17 June, and added: “He requested two times what time the bus got here.
“He got here lower back and he requested me once more, and I informed him once more, at 10 o’clock. Later I were given in my vehicle, and I noticed him, he become taking walks quickly, however I failed to see him once more after that.”
She stated he become taking walks withinside the incorrect direction.
Last phone call
It comes after one in every of Mr Slater’s pals informed ITV’s This Morning approximately his closing video name with the 19-year-vintage.
Brad Hargreaves stated he noticed the lacking teen’s toes slide on rocks at some point of a name at round 8.30am, pronouncing this is how he knew Mr Slater become now no longer on a road.
He then stated Mr Slater went down a “little drop” in one in every of his closing video calls, and added: “He stated, ‘appearance in which I am’.
“He failed to appear involved at the telecellsmartphone till we knew how a ways away he become. I stated, ‘positioned your vicinity on’. He stated: ’15-minute drive, 14-hour walk’.
“I do not know if it is correct or now no longer so I stated to him: ‘It’s simplest a 15-minute drive, get a taxi’.”
Search groups coordinated through the Civil Guard have on the grounds that set up a big manhunt the usage of helicopters, drones and seek puppies to scour mountainous regions of the island, however are but to discover the teen.