Police have told Jay Slater’s family that they can use their own search and rescue teams to look for the teenager ‘without any problem’.
The Guardia Civil has told Sky News that the family has to notify them of their plans to use search teams "for good management of information and resources" but they have not yet had a request.
Jay, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, disappeared on the Spanish island on June 17. He was last seen leaving an Airbnb in the north of the island, close to the village of Masca, at around 8am that morning. READ MORE: The new theory in Jay Slater search an Army officer says could change everything The 19-year-old’s last known location was the Rural de Teno Park in the north of the Canary Island – which was about an 11-hour walk back to his accommodation.
Police called off the official land hunt on June 30 but Jay’s mum Debbie Duncan and her family have said they will stay on the island to look for him.
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