02/06/2014

Police Search Scrubland In Madeline McCann Inquiry

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have sealed off a large area of scrubland in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz, where the three-year-old vanished seven years ago.

A team of Portuguese police officers, some with dogs, and at least four vehicles have been stationed on a mound to the west of the town. UK officers expected to join them later today.

In March, the British police said they were seeking an intruder who sexually abused five girls in Portugal between 2004 and 2006 into villas occupied by UK families on the Algarve.

(CVS/CD)

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