Search for Jay Slater moves to missing teenager's last known 'dangerous' location as Tenerife police take stock

Spanish police begin their search in a “difficult” landscape in Tenerife in a bid to find missing British teenager Jay Slater – but say there have been “no developments”.

Officers from the Civil Guard, the police force leading the search, were seen using binoculars scanning the dangerous landscape near the small village of Masca and the remote area where the 19-year-old's phone last “ringed” – about 800 metres north of the AirBnB where he stayed on Sunday night before setting off on foot.

The Civil Guard told the Manchester Evening News Law enforcement said this morning that there had been no “developments” as they remained stationed at Teno Rural Park. The widespread search in difficult terrain appeared to have been scaled back on Friday (June 21).

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On Thursday, police dogs were deployed with helicopters to scale the mountains and search the scrubland. Videos shared by the Civil Guard show a number of specialist officers and mountain rescue teams walking through the difficult terrain.

Jay's friends who had flown in to help the victims were not present at the previous search site in rural Masca on Friday, with only a few tourists braving the journey to appreciate the surrounding scenery. A Civil Guard spokesperson said they could not confirm further details as the search continues.

A statement said: “Research is underway and the police operation is focusing on the Masca area (Tenerife). At this time we cannot confirm any further information. »

Jay has been missing on the Spanish island since Monday morning (June 17). The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, had flown to the Canary Islands with two friends to attend the NRG music festival, but failed to return to his accommodation in Los Cristianos on Sunday evening after having gone to stay in an apartment with people. he had met.

His friend Lucy Mae Law last heard from him around 8 a.m. Monday morning when he called to say his phone was going to die and he needed water while walking “in the middle of nowhere.”

The search for the apprentice mason was concentrated in the northwest of the island, in the Teno rural park, a mountainous area popular with hikers. On Wednesday, the Civil Guard said its agents had moved their search to the south of the island, to tourist spots near where Jay was staying with friends in Los Cristianos and Playa de Las Americas.

They later confirmed that the search had returned to the north of the island. However, tourists in the south have spotted the police helicopter “going up and down and up and down” several times in recent days.

They added that they had seen police patrolling the busy seafront since news of Jay's disappearance broke. Jay's family, including his mother Debbie, travelled to the Spanish island to help officers.

Debbie said she was in a “waking nightmare” and wished she had told her son not to go to Tenerife before he disappeared. ITV Newsshe said: “I wouldn’t wish this on anyone. I want my baby back. It's a nightmare, a real living nightmare. »

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