Spanish constabulary are hunting a British antheral aft his van was recovered abandoned astatine a viewpoint disconnected the Mediterranean coast.
The 24-year-old was named locally past nighttime arsenic Matthew Chapman from Manchester, astir a period connected from his household reporting him missing connected April 30.
Earlier this week constabulary launched a two-day hunt adjacent the fashionable edifice of Tossa de Mar involving a chopper and drones earlier calling it disconnected precocious connected Thursday.
Mr Chapman had travelled to France connected May 1 connected the Eurotunnel and spent clip successful Portugal and Spain earlier his mobile telephone awesome petered retired astir 60 miles northbound of Barcelona.
A spokesperson for the Mossos d'Esquadra determination constabulary unit confirmed a two-day hunt for the missing Brit was undertaken.
She added: 'It was a land, oversea and aerial hunt which took spot connected Wednesday and Thursday.
'The probe into the missing man's whereabouts is continuing.'
Officers are said to beryllium keeping an unfastened caput connected what could person happened to Mr Chapman who according to Spanish reports had economical problems and was struggling to support his car valet steadfast afloat.
Earlier this week constabulary launched a two-day hunt adjacent the fashionable edifice of Tossa de Mar (pictured) involving a chopper and drones earlier calling it disconnected precocious connected Thursday
A spokesperson for the Mossos d'Esquadra determination constabulary unit confirmed a two-day hunt for the missing Brit was undertaken. Pictured: Officers of the Catalan determination constabulary unit (file image)
It not wide what Catalan constabulary are present doing arsenic portion of their investigation.
The Mossos d'Esquadra unit besides led the probe into rugby subordinate and X Factor prima Levi Davis' disappearance successful Barcelona.
The past confirmed sighting of Mr Davis was of him leaving an Irish pub successful the Catalan superior connected the nighttime of October 29 2022 aft taking a vessel from Ibiza with conscionable £35 successful his pouch and nary alteration of clothes.
The larboard hunt and different successful the Llobregat Delta, 1 of Catalonia's astir important wetland zones adjacent Barcelona wherever constabulary said astatine the clip oversea currents could person taken his assemblage oregon items of clothing, failed to output immoderate clues.
They were organised aft 4 members of cruise liner MSC Bellissima, which docked successful Barcelona astir 8 hours aft the pub CCTV sighting, said they had seen a antheral successful the oversea wearing the aforesaid light-coloured apical arsenic Levi and shouting for assistance successful English.
A lifebuoy was thrown to him and coastguards successful Barcelona mobilised their chopper called Helimer 203 and a vas called Salvamar Mintaka.
A vessel operated by firefighters was besides sent to the country on with constabulary and Red Cross vessels but they were stood down aft it was confirmed no-one was missing from the cruise liner and constabulary confirmed no-one had been reported missing successful larboard waters oregon successful the oversea disconnected Barcelona.
A British tourer went missing astatine Alicante airdrome astatine the extremity of March aft a stag bash successful Benidorm earlier being found.
Jason Taylor went missing without his telephone from the Alicante airdrome connected Saturday
Jason Taylor, 36, vanished arsenic helium waited for a formation backmost to Birmingham, sparking a constabulary manhunt which had a blessed ending astir 4 days aboriginal connected April 1 erstwhile helium was spotted walking on a adjacent beach.
Police sources said aft helium was recovered that the information helium didn't person his mobile telephone connected him had caused him other complications.
Tossa de Mar is astir 60 miles northbound of Barcelona and the aforesaid region southbound of the French border.
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