SNIFFER dogs are being used to search an area of scrubland close to where Madeleine McCann, from Leicestershire, went missing in Portugal seven years ago.
The development came as British officers, accompanied by their Portuguese counterparts, spent a second day investigating the hilly area in the resort of Praia da Luz on the Algarve.
Two sniffer dogs accompanied by British police spent around five minutes on a flat area of the scrubland, at the bottom of a slope.
They were then taken away out of sight, while around 10 officers stood around in discussion.
. . . A number of small tents have been erected inside the cordon, thought to be where officers are concentrating their efforts.
The land, a few minutes walk from the Ocean Club resort apartment where Madeleine was staying with her family, has been searched before.
South Wales Police confirmed that two specialist dog handlers and victim detection dogs were helping with the investigation.
The English springer spaniels, called Tito and Muzzy, were also used during the search for murdered schoolgirl April Jones in 2012, the force said.
