Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to carry out searches in a reservoir in Portugal, Portuguese media has reported.
A search of the Arade dam will begin today, 50km from where the toddler went missing in Praia da Luz in 2007.
The search was requested by German police as the area was visited by the official suspect in her disappearance.
Christian Brueckner, 45, was made a formal suspect, or an “arguido”, by Portuguese prosecutors in 2022.
An area over a mile long was sealed off just after midday, SIC broadcaster reported.
According to BBC, German police would not officially confirm the search, but indicated the reports were correct and are expected to release a statement today.
Three-year-old Madeleine, from Rothley, Leicestershire, was on holiday with her family at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, in Portugal’s Algarve when she disappeared on 3 May 2007.
Earlier this month, the McCann family held a vigil to mark 16 years since her disappearance.
Brueckner, a convicted sex offender, is currently serving a seven-year sentence for rape which he committed in 2005 in Portugal.
