JAY SLATER RECAP: MAJOR SEARCH UPDATE AS TENERIFE POLICE MAKE DESPERATE PLEA FOR HELP
A major new update in the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater has been made as local police issued a call for volunteers to join them in helping search for the Briton.
The search will focus on an area around the village of Masca, where Jay was last seen on June 17, and start at 9am. The police have said they are looking for volunteer professionals including Civil Protection workers and firefighters. They are also calling for people who are experts in the rough terrain on which Jay may have gone missing.
In a statement, Tenerife Civil Guard police chief Angel Sanz Coronado said: "Following the disappearance on June 17 of the young 19-year-old British man in the area of Masca, belonging to the municipality of Buenavista del Norte, the Civil Guard is prepared to carry out a mass search.
"Given that it is a steep, rocky area, full of uneven terrain and with many ravines, tracks and trails, we request the collaboration of all those Volunteer Associations that can help in this planned search that is intended to be carried out in a directed and coordinated way.
He said the "massive search" will begin at 9.00am local time tomorrow. A meeting point will be established at the Mirador de la Cruz de Hilda in Masca and search around the ravines and paths in the area.
The announcement of the new operation comes as the search for 19-year-old Jay Slater from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, enters its 12th day. The teen disappeared while attempting to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus on June 17.
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