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THE SEARCHES BEGAN ON TUESDAY IN AN AREA OF SCRUBLAND ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF LAGOS, PORTUGAL. 13:43, 05 Jun 2025 Investigators probing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to conclude

their latest searches after three days combing scrubland and abandoned buildings, it is understood. On Thursday, May 5, police could be seen using pitchforks as they scoured land in an area

of the outskirts of Lagos in Portugal. Search teams of German and Portuguese police officers, alongside firefighters used a digger to remove rubble from one of the abandoned structures at

the site. The search is part of a long-running investigation into the disappearance ofMadeleine, who vanished while on holiday from nearby Praia da Luz in 2007 aged just three years old. The

British toddler disappeared after she was left sleeping while her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann went for dinner in a nearby restaurant. Article continues below Authorities have spent two

days focusing on one particular derelict building, using a ground-penetrating radar on the cobbled ground after clearing the area if debris and vegetation using a digger and chainsaws.

British officers have not been present at the latest searches, the Metropolitan Police said. It is understood officers will conclude the searches on Thursday, Madeleine’s parents are not

commenting during the “active police investigation”, staff at the Find Madeleine Campaign said. The operation was requested by German authorities as part of their continued attempts to

source evidence to implicate prime suspect Christian Brueckner, who is in prison for raping a 72-year-old woman in Praia da Luz in 2005. He is due to be released from jail in September if no

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below In October last year, Brueckner was cleared by a German court of unrelated sexual offences, alleged to have taken place in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. In 2023, investigators

carried out searches near the Barragem do Arade reservoir, about 30 miles from Praia da Luz. Brueckner spent time in the area between 2000 and 2017 and had photographs and videos of himself

near the reservoir.