Jay Slater police search isolated farm buildings with dogs in Tenerife

Police have been seen at an isolated farm searching it's buildings with dogs in the rescue efforts to find missing Jay Slater.

In the latest development, investigators have been seen removing rubbish from an area as they look for clues near to where 19-year-old stayed in an Airbnb the night before he disappeared in Tenerife.

Officers were joined by dogs and firefighters as they continued their efforts to search for the teen from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, who has not been heard from since last Monday, reports the Mirror.

The search for Jay has focused on the rugged Rural de Teno Park in the northwest of the island, an area known for its treacherous rocky terrain and extreme weather conditions.

Helicopters, rescue dogs, and drones have all been deployed in the effort to find Jay, who disappeared after attempting to walk back to his accommodation in the south of Tenerife after missing a bus.

The teen had flown to th e Canary Islands with two pals to attend the NRG music festival and went with pals he met to an apartment on Sunday night.

He was last seen in the village of Masca where he had stayed the night in an Airbnb property. The owner of the property Ofelia Medina Hernandez said she saw Jay walk up the road past her property but did not see him again after that – describing the situation as “worrying”.

Officers have been seen taking away rubbish as they combed an area by a farm near to where Jay was staying. Dogs were used to search the farm buildings on Friday while land was also examined by the Airbnb property were Jay had been,

Close attention was also paid to a river called Barranco Madre del Agua at the bottom of a ravine, where personnel with sticks carefully searched through fallen dead palm trees.

Jonathan Stones who moved to Tenerife when he was aged 13 reportedly said how the Teno Nature Reserve is treacherous and known as ‘bad land’ locally.

He told The Sun : “Where Jay was last located through his mobile phone is where he stands the least chance of survival. The desolate landscapes around the island’s holiday hotspots are referred to as ‘malpais’ by locals — a word that translates into English as ‘bad land’.”

He told of rapidly changing temperatures where it can go from being cold to extremely hot by 11am. “With no shade in sight, no water to hand and a deep ravine, the sun becomes an even more fierce adversary,” Jonathan continued. “And the shadowy respite offered by the hilltops is short-lived. The sun moves around the mountain sides quickly and anyone sheltering behind a craggy outcrop is soon flushed from their hide in search of the next one. I hope desperately that it’s a riddle solved in time for Jay to be reunited safely with his family.”

Visitors to the Teno Nature Reserve have also written posts on Trip Advisor about the treacherous conditions. One person, under the title 'dangerous' stated: "The road is very dangerous, the track goes below cliffs and is very narrow, there is a sign saying that you are entering into a danger zone and if you continue it is your own responsibility. I think for this reason there are not many people here. Complete nature … wind, waves, sun, mountains and a small lighthouse, incredible."

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