Detectives hunting for Madeleine McCann are preparing to send sniffer dogs into a shop where a suspect was spotted with a little girl on the day the three-year-old disappeared.
Police sniffer dogs have been brought in to search areas of interest in Praia da Luz, from which Madeleine vanished in 2007.
There were a number of sightings of a man carrying a child away from the holiday apartments where her family were staying and police are now focusing on a building between the resort and the beach which witnesses say the man and entered with the child, reports the Daily Mirror.
Portuguese TV station SIC, which broke the news of the shop search, said: 'Other work is still to be confirmed, including searches in a commercial premises in Praia da Luz where someone is said to have seen a man with a child similar to Madeleine entering around the time of her disappearance, a procedure which may require judicial authorisation unless approved by the owner of the premises.'
It comes after four arguidos - or 'persons of interest' - were quizzed in Portugal on Tuesday as part of the latest stage of the Metropolitan Police’s multi-million-pound reinvestigation of the case. The four were connected by phone calls logged on the night Madeleine disappeared.
According to the Daily Mirror, the animals will search cars belonging to two of the suspects being quizzed by officers from Operation Grange.
The dogs, 7-year-old English Springer Spaniels named Tito and Muzzy, were used in the search for April Jones in 2012.
I've been praying for a break in this case but have my doubts that this is it. Can a scent last 7 years? Can a dog recognize a scent that is older than the dog itself? I'll keep on praying.
Police sniffer dogs have been brought in to search areas of interest in Praia da Luz, from which Madeleine vanished in 2007.
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Portuguese TV station SIC, which broke the news of the shop search, said: 'Other work is still to be confirmed, including searches in a commercial premises in Praia da Luz where someone is said to have seen a man with a child similar to Madeleine entering around the time of her disappearance, a procedure which may require judicial authorisation unless approved by the owner of the premises.'
It comes after four arguidos - or 'persons of interest' - were quizzed in Portugal on Tuesday as part of the latest stage of the Metropolitan Police’s multi-million-pound reinvestigation of the case. The four were connected by phone calls logged on the night Madeleine disappeared.
According to the Daily Mirror, the animals will search cars belonging to two of the suspects being quizzed by officers from Operation Grange.
The dogs, 7-year-old English Springer Spaniels named Tito and Muzzy, were used in the search for April Jones in 2012.
I've been praying for a break in this case but have my doubts that this is it. Can a scent last 7 years? Can a dog recognize a scent that is older than the dog itself? I'll keep on praying.
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