The search of a reservoir by police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will begin this morning.
Officers will begin working within hours at the Arade dam, which is located about 31 miles (50km) from where the British toddler went missing in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, 16 years ago.
British police will also be present during the search, according to Portuguese media reports.
Vehicles and officers were seen at the site of the reservoir on Monday after reports of the new search emerged.
The investigation of the site reportedly comes at the request of German police, who announced in June 2020 that they believed Madeleine was dead and that suspect Christian B was likely responsible.
It is claimed the convicted child abuser and drug dealer used to visit the reservoir.
Christian B is currently in prison for raping a 72-year-old woman in the same area of the Algarve region from where Madeleine went missing, but has not been charged with any crime related to the disappearance.
He has always denied any involvement.
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The waterway was previously searched in 2008 after Portuguese lawyer Marcos Aragao Correia paid for specialist divers to check the site.
He claimed to have been tipped off by criminal contacts that Madeleine’s body was in the reservoir, but nothing was found.
A search was also carried out in 2014 of scrubland near where she vanished, after British police were given permission to
