Madeleine McCann police remove bags during reservoir search | World News

British police were present during the search at the Arad Dam in Portugal, about 31 miles from where the girl disappeared.

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have recovered bags from a search site in southern Portugal.

Officers have been combing the reservoir and surrounding bushland after receiving “certain reports”.

police diver Launching of the Arade Dam in the city of Silves Tuesday.

But don’t know what’s in the bag.

The location is approximately 31 miles from the location british girl go Disappeared on 3 May 2007 while on family vacation in Praia da Luz, Algarve. Madeleine was only three years old at the time.

German prosecutor Christian Walter said: “We are investigating in Portugal on the basis of certain leads. [tip-offs].

“I can’t disclose the background for the time being, such as why we are looking there, what we hope to find there, this is still our secret for the time being.”

A source familiar with the investigation told Reuters that the operation was likely related to the killing of Christian B.

He was named by German prosecutors as an official suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance last year.

A boat carrying two officers was also sent into the reservoir. About 20 to 30 police officers could be seen in the area, a dozen with sniffer dogs.

Vehicles and officials were at the reservoir site for the first time on Monday. A new search report appears.

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Local police said they were coordinating the search in the Algarve at the request of German police and in the presence of British officials.

Previously, the German police announced in June 2020 that They believe Madeleine is dead And Christian B is likely to be the culprit.

The convicted child abuser and drug dealer is said to have visited the reservoir and called it “his paradise”.

Christian B is currently in jail for raping a 72-year-old woman in the Algarve region where Madeleine disappeared, but he has not been charged with any offenses in connection with the disappearance.

He denied any involvement.

Jon Clarke, author of “Finding Madeleine,” who was one of the first journalists on the scene when Madeleine disappeared in 2007, said Mr Walter received reports from “reliable sources” in April report.

Speaking to Sky News, Mr Clarke said police were “optimistic” that they might also find the bodies of three missing children who were never found, including eight-year-old Joanna Cipriano, who disappeared in 2004, “Very close” to Praia da Luz.

The channel was searched in 2008 after Portuguese lawyer Marcos Aragao Correia paid professional divers to inspect the site in 2008.

He claimed to have learned from criminals that Madeleine’s body was in the reservoir, but nothing was found.

A search was also carried out in bush near where she disappeared in 2014 after Portuguese authorities allowed British police to investigate.

German court last month Additional rape and sex crime charges thrown out Against Christian B., who had nothing to do with the Madeleine case.

He was charged in Portugal with three counts of aggravated rape and two counts of child sexual abuse between December 2000 and June 2017.

However, the Brunswick court ruled that it had no jurisdiction over the case.

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Lawyer Friedrich Fulscher said the decision meant court authorities could not have jurisdiction over any potential case Madeleine anyone. The court did not comment on his claims.

Last year, on the 15th anniversary of her disappearance, Madeleine’s parents Says knowing the truth is ‘essential’ what happened to their daughter.

Kate and Gerry McCann also tagged Madeleine’s 20th birthday Earlier this month they vowed they would “never give up” in their search for her.