Police continue to search for missing British teenager in Tenerife

The hunt for a British teenager who went missing during a holiday in Tenerife has entered its fifth day, after a helicopter and rescue dogs joined the search party.

Jay Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared after an attempt to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus.

He was last heard from on Monday when he called his friend, Lucy Law.

On Thursday, a helicopter flew over Rural de Teno park in the south of the Spanish island as search teams followed various footpaths in the area.

Footage released by the Guardia Civil on Thursday showed the views from the helicopter as it scoured the hillside.

The video, posted to the force’s X account, showed officers searching in bushes and overgrown terrain with dogs.

The walk from his last known location to his accommodation would have taken about 11 hours on foot.

The search area was quiet on Friday, with only a handful of police cars stationed at Rural de Teno park.

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Evening Standard on socials:

[berniecoles]

Karma for attacking a kid with a Machete.

[JBoy-fjnb]

These kids... they're hard lads when there's 8 of them filling in 1 kid with weapons. Not so hard when they're on their own in the real world

[kitcat]

How strange that he didn't meet other people while walking?

[martiangod]

I have a feeling someone was tipped off that he would be travelling to Tenerife and he was setup as a revenge for the machete attack he did

[hankaghostdog]

Dodgy guy linked to drugs and gangs in the UK, there's a lot of talk about a stolen rolex from this house. He's either been rolled up in a carpet or deliberately driven out and left to the heat.

[ConstructiveMinds]

If the Speniards knew his dark past they would not bother to waist so much resources on the search.

[Adventureswithvinnie]

Clearly the guy he attacked his guys have caught up with him

[LeonHowells]

Hes been taken out of action hes a bit of a rouge and dodgy bloke

[lucas]

Vote Reform and make Tenerife great again!

[vickywatkins]

Maybe get the British police out there like they did for the Mccann

[MildaGoesWild]

Evening standard videos are always totally rubbish

[ambientsoda]

Also seems strange to me, that this guy left his friends home in the wilderness, to make a 10 hour walk back to civilisation...she must be lying to us...

[billydocherty]

Poor young soul...😔 his friends and family must be inconsolable with worry... The longer the days pass, the odds don't look good for all concerned...! 😢

[tangerinebabe]

Convicted criminal Jay Slater is a petty drug dealer, going to a rave in Tenerife, probably to sell drugs, then back to a local drug dealers home on the island in the company of a well known local drug mule. He thinks he's a little gangster and a hardman. So KARMA shines. No sympathy.

[CraigGlynn-wncq]

He's obviously dead. Poor lad and his family.

[Moscow_Will_Burn]

He tried Hitchhiking but got picked up by the Canary Islands Cannibal. He got chewed on and turned into sausages. Those full English breakfasts never tasted so good.😂😂😂

[thinkdiazz]

What’s today’s white life exchange rate for a non white?

[justforlaughs]

While youre all cheering "justice for tom" you dont know the situation. How do you know if the boot was on the other foot that tom and his friends wouldnt have caught 1 of them the exact same way? You dont. Majority of you probably dont even live close to a life like that. Kids get mixed up in stupid s**t yes they should know better but it is the way the world is in certain areas these days and doesnt mean a young lad deserves this.

[Ben-tz]

moroccan sar helicopters have been dispatched using Long Wave Infrared and forward looking Infrared surveillance equipment which will survey the area soon. Be careful what you write.

[Heartofaloin]

Maybe he came across a mad man throwing a axe around his