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| Madeleine McCann search switches to new area at Praia da Luz | Madeleine McCann search switches to new area at Praia da Luz |
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| Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have cordoned off a new area of rough scrubland off a road leading out of Praia da Luz. | Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have cordoned off a new area of rough scrubland off a road leading out of Praia da Luz. |
| The area is roughly a third of the site searched for seven consecutive days until last Sunday and is protected by armed Portuguese GNR police officers. British and Portuguese detectives are focusing on one particular area the size of a tennis court. | The area is roughly a third of the site searched for seven consecutive days until last Sunday and is protected by armed Portuguese GNR police officers. British and Portuguese detectives are focusing on one particular area the size of a tennis court. |
| With the temperature expected to climb to 30C (86F), British police were seen with two spaniels scouring the smaller site under the watchful eye of DCI Redwood. The two dogs spent about an hour on the site. | |
| About 10 officers focused on two small areas and there was some digging taking place. Across from the site, graffiti in big red letters has been scrawled across a wall, stating: "Polícia inglesa estupidos" (stupid English police) with Madeleine's name written alongside it, but spelt as "Meddi". | |
| Faro PJ police director, Mota Carmo, who spent most of last week on the first search site, had not arrived as work began, but at least two Portuguese detectives were seen searching the terrain alongside about a dozen of their British counterparts. | Faro PJ police director, Mota Carmo, who spent most of last week on the first search site, had not arrived as work began, but at least two Portuguese detectives were seen searching the terrain alongside about a dozen of their British counterparts. |
| Police sources had earlier told the Guardian the new searches are not expected to last beyond Friday and that a third site has been earmarked to be looked at this week. | Police sources had earlier told the Guardian the new searches are not expected to last beyond Friday and that a third site has been earmarked to be looked at this week. |
| The new operation follows an extensive search last week near the apartment from where Madeleine went missing that lasted a week,but concluded without any finds of relevance, police sources said. | |
| Sources close to the case confirmed on Sunday that they were preparing to question several suspects on the Met's behalf. They did not disclose a date for the planned interrogation, stressing that this would not take place during the current searches. | |
| The suspects are all believed to live locally and are "mostly Portuguese", sources said. |