Spanish police have refused the help of British officers in finding missing teenager Jay Slater who vanished from a remote part of Tenerife.
Lancashire Police said Spain’s Guardia Civil turned down its “offer of support” to help in the search, which has already included firefighters, helicopters, rescue dogs and drones combing a large stretch of rugged terrain.
Mr Slater, 19, has been missing since Monday after he was last seen in Buenavista del Norte where he asked a cafe owner twice what time the bus arrived at around 8am before walking off and disappearing.
Fifteen minutes later, he phoned his friend to say he was lost, dehydrated and had one per cent phone battery after attending a music festival the night before.
A Lancashire Police spokesperson toldThe Independent: “They have confirmed that at this time they are satisfied that they have the resources they need, but that offer remains open and they will contact us should that position change.”
The teenager was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with shorts and trainers, and his phone shows his last location as the Rural de Teno park at 8.50am around 27 miles away from the festival he was at.
Where have authorities been searching?
A specialist mountain rescue team, including a police helicopter, has been deployed to look for Jay.
A spokesperson for the Civil Guard said it was focusing on the area around the village of Masca – which is nearby his last known location in the north.
Authorities briefly switched their search to the south of the island in tourist on Wednesday, close to where Jay was staying with friends in the popular tourist hotspots Los Cristianos and Playa de Las Americas.
However, they later returned the search to the Rural de Teno park after the alleged sighting of Jay was believed to be false.
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Spanish police refuse help of British cops
Spanish police have refused the help of British officers in seaching for missing teenager Jay Slater after he vanished in Tenerife.
Lancashire Police said it had “made an offer of support” to Spain’s Guardia Civil to provide additional resources for the ongoing search.
A spokesperson told The Independent: “While this case falls outside the jurisdiction of UK policing, we have made an offer of support to the Guardia Civil to see if they need any additional resources.
“They have confirmed that at this time they are satisfied that they have the resources they need, but that offer remains open and they will contact us should that position change.”
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Missing teenager ‘asked for bus times’ before vanishing
Missing British teenager Jay Slater asked a cafe owner for bus times just moments before he vanished in a remote part of a Spanish island.
Mr Slater, 19, asked witness Ofelia Medina Hernandez twice what time the bus arrived in Buenavista Del Norte, Tenerife, at around 8am on Monday.
He was last heard from on Monday morning, when he phoned his friend Lucy Law at 8.15am to say that he was lost, dehydrated and had 1 per cent phone battery after attending a music festival.
Ms Hernandez told Sky News: “I saw the boy in the morning, at around 8am. He asked twice what time the bus came. I told him ‘at 10 o’clock’. He came back and asked me again, and I told him again – at 10 o’clock.
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