Around 30 German police officers, including forensic experts, will be starting the search close to the former home of the prime suspect in the case, with Portuguese police also on the ground, according to reports.
“The Metropolitan Police Service is not present at the search, we will support our international colleagues where necessary,” a spokesperson said.
According to The Sun, the new searches will involve radar equipment that can scan beneath the ground and will focus on trenches near where the McCann family was staying at the resort.
Brueckner is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany for the rape of an elderly woman at her home in Praia da Luz in 2005.
German authorities said they are receiving support from Portuguese law enforcement while the Portuguese police said that searches will be carried out between 2 and 6 June in the municipality of Lagos, in accordance with a European investigation order.
They last carried out searches in the country in 2023 near the Barragem do Arade reservoir, about 30 miles from Praia da Luz.
A search of the Barragem do Arade reservoir, in the Algave, Portugal, took pace in 2023 (Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire)It had previously been searched in 2008, when Portuguese lawyer Marcos Aragao Correia paid for specialist divers to search it after he claimed to have been tipped off by criminal contacts that Madeleine’s body was there.
Last month, Madeleine’s family marked the 18th anniversary of her disappearance, describing her as “beautiful and unique” before her 22nd birthday, and expressing their determination to keep searching.
In April, ministers approved more than £100,000 in additional funding for Scotland Yard detectives investigating Madeleine’s disappearance.
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