Jay Slater search team provide major update on the men who were last seen with 19-year-old - as cactus clue narrows their mountain search hunt for missing Brit

The squad undergoing a immense hunt for Jay Slater contiguous has provided a large update connected the men who were past seen with 19-year-old.

Investigators person present confirmed the 2 enigma men who invited him backmost to their Airbnb hours earlier helium vanished 'don't person immoderate relevance whatsoever for the case'.

The latest twist comes aft a backstage researcher antecedently called the men 'key witnesses' successful the case.

However small is known astir the men, who person not spoken publicly, too the information that they are British, achromatic and successful their precocious 30s to aboriginal 40s. 

One is said to spell by the nickname Johnny Vegas and 1 is described arsenic astir 6ft, stocky and with abbreviated acheronian hair. He was seen with an orangish wristband but small other is known astir the different man.

Witnesses accidental they were seen drinking Hennessey cognac successful bars and nightclubs successful the enactment edifice of Playa de las Americas during the NRG festival.

They are known to person driven Jay backmost to their £40-a-night two-bedroom apartment, located conscionable extracurricular the colony of Masca connected the broadside of a upland successful the Rural de Teno nationalist park, immoderate 20 miles away.

Friends of Jay were sent a representation of him wrong the car of the 2 men and this has been shared with investigating officers. 

The improvement astir the 2 men came portion the hunt for Jay was stepped up contiguous aft a immense caller hunt got underway aft Spanish constabulary opened the cognition up to volunteers for the archetypal time.

As volunteers gathered to scour the country wherever Jay was past seen, Cipriano Martin, caput of the Civil Guard's Greim upland rescue unit, was quizzed astir the 2 men who were primitively thought to beryllium cardinal to the investigation.

Asked whether he'd spoken to the 2 men who were successful the Airbnb and spent clip with Jay earlier helium vanished, helium said: 'We're upland specialists and we're successful complaint of searching here, and it's the Civil Guard investigators who person been liable for the investigation, those men person been spoken to and they don't person immoderate relevance whatsoever for the case.' 

But arsenic the investigators ruled retired the 2 men's usage to uncovering retired what happened to Jay, different imaginable pb involving a cactus could assistance them successful their hunt for Jay.

Asked whether the main accusation they person to spell connected is the past spot Jay's telephone 'pinged' from, Mr Martin replied: 'That's right. We can't travel up with excessively galore conjectures either. The clues are based connected the accusation we have.

'Another of the things that leads america to see that proposal is erstwhile helium rings his person Lucy and says he's chopped himself connected a cactus and he's disquieted due to the fact that helium doesn't cognize whether it's poisonous oregon not, and she tells him not to interest that it's not poisonous.

'But for that to hap you person to permission the roadworthy due to the fact that you're not going to chopped yourself connected a cactus being connected the roadworthy and he's had to spell into the mountains obviously.'

'Well, we've been searching for tons of days and with the hunt today, we're talking astir 30 people.'

When asked if connected the time Jay disappeared idiosyncratic saw him helium replied :'Yes, helium was seen, the greeting helium disappeared, astir 8.10am, helium was seen precise adjacent the spot we're astatine now, heading up to the look-out point, and aboriginal his telephone places him here, and aft that the telephone determination helium shares places him here.' 

Pictures from the country contiguous amusement teams of volunteers joining the search.

As the hunt for the missing 19-year-old enters time 13, constabulary are besides investigating a scuffle extracurricular Papagayo Beach Club, wherever Jay was seen partying connected June 17.

It is believed a combat - involving an Eastern European antheral who reportedly had his invaluable Rolex stolen - broke retired aft the venue had closed.

One of Slater's friends, who had travelled to Tenerife to assistance successful the hunt told detectives the alleged incidental could person led to Jay's disappearance.

Authorities are present reviewing CCTV footage from the venue wherever the incidental occurred.

Another mentation which is understood to beryllium connected the array is that the invaluable ticker had someway coiled up successful the cottage wherever Jay had travelled - and that helium past ventured into the wilderness successful an effort to bargain it.

This hint comes soon aft an 'army of volunteers' answered the Spanish police's telephone for assistance and are present helping them comb the rugged upland area where the missing raver disappeared today.

On Friday the Guardia Civil appealed for unpaid firefighters and experts successful rugged terrain to assistance successful a 'busqueda masiva', oregon monolithic search, taking spot today. 

The hunt began astatine 9am near his last-known determination successful the colony of Masca arsenic the volunteers effort to retrace his last-known steps.

The co-ordinated hunt is taking spot successful a steep rocky area, with ravines, trails and paths each being thoroughly searched. 

It started from the Mirador de la Cruz de Hilda edifice and volunteers were told to bring nutrient and h2o with them arsenic the hunt is predicted to instrumentality past the full day. 

It has been reported that today's hunt could beryllium 'perhaps a last propulsion from the Civil Guard to marque immoderate benignant of headway'. 

Cipriano Martin, caput of the Civil Guard's Greim upland rescue unit, said: 'The cognition is going to dwell of a hunt with the radical that person travel present today, successful a thorough manner, due to the fact that astatine the tallness we are, we request to advancement by ruling retired areas and marque definite that the areas we search, with the enactment we person done this week, are looked astatine good and tin beryllium ruled out.

'And of people that's going to beryllium done based connected the accusation we have, and that accusation is his last-known position, the conservations helium had the time helium disappeared, and that's what makes america absorption the hunt connected that area.'

When asked if each options were being considered Mr Martin replied: 'At the moment, yes. Until we cognize thing we can't absorption connected immoderate proposal and we enactment with respective possibilities.

'In presumption of extension, the full area. Masca's been looked at, the Juan Lopez ravine, the Retamar ravine, Las Aneas ravine, Los Carrizales ravine, successful each the areas we cognize he's been successful due to the fact that his mobile telephone sum is undeniable and places him there.

'But we person a trouble which is that erstwhile the telephone goes disconnected the antennas halt picking it up, truthful that portion he's walking, and we don't cognize however agelong helium was walking for, nary telephone mast is going to observe it, and arsenic the technicians archer us, they look for mobiles and not people, truthful we're astatine that constituent arsenic well, that we person definite accusation and we person to spell connected that.

Asked to specify however hard immoderate areas were, Mr Martin said: 'Areas you can't walk through, wherever there's rocks jutting retired you can't negociate unless you've got ropes and a harness.

'I deliberation that the radical who are progressive successful the hunt today, erstwhile they scope those points, won't proceed due to the fact that they haven't got that equipment.

'What they're going to is walk.'

Asked whether Jay's household were participating successful the search, helium said: 'All week they've been participating due to the fact that we've seen them and they've seen america successful respective places. They've been actively participating.'

The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, has not been seen since June 17 aft helium went missing pursuing a nighttime retired connected the infamous Veronicas portion successful Tenerife's Playa de las Americas resort. 

The apprentice bricklayer past went backmost to the Casa Abuela Tina Airbnb adjacent the rugged Rural de Teno nationalist park, successful the distant colony of Masca, with 2 men helium had met astatine the three-day NRG euphony festival. 

The proprietor of the villa said she saw Jay lasting astatine a adjacent autobus halt astatine astir 8am. 

He asked her erstwhile the adjacent autobus was to Los Cristianos, but erstwhile helium was told it wasn't until 10am, helium acceptable disconnected connected ft for what would person been an 11-hour walk.

Jay was past seen astatine astir 8.15am walking uphill adjacent the nationalist park. He past phoned his person Lucy Mae Law astatine 8.50am to archer her that helium was 'tired, thirsty and disorientated' with lone 1 per cent artillery near connected his phone. 

In their archetypal nonstop entreaty for help, a spokesperson for the constabulary said connected Friday officers were preparing a 'coordinated ample standard operation'.

The hunt has truthful acold focused connected the Masca gorge, astir 3000ft supra oversea level, which has been combed by police, drones, dogs and helicopters since helium was reported missing. 

But contempt the extended searches implicit the past 13 days, nary hint of Jay has been found.

It comes as: 

• Spanish constabulary absorption hunt for missing Jay Slater connected caves adjacent to ravine successful distant portion of Tenerife 
• MailOnline revealed caller photos of Jay chatting with friends astatine a edifice excavation enactment conscionable 2 days earlier helium went missing;  
• Spanish constabulary sent up drones arsenic they continued their hunt for the missing British teenager;
• Jay's parent said she's astatine her 'wit's end' and revealed his ex-girlfriend Jessica Ingham was among those who had travelled to Tenerife with him;
• True transgression net sleuths with nary connections to Jay flew to Tenerife to articulation the hunt;
• Jay's begetter accused Spanish constabulary of keeping the household successful the dark. 

Spanish constabulary has besides faced disapproval for refusing an connection of assistance from their Lancashire counterparts past week, arsenic the hunt for Jay present enters time 13.

A connection from the constabulary HQ connected Tenerife said: 'Collaboration is requested from unpaid associations, civilian extortion teams, firefighters and adjacent individuals who are experts successful rugged hunt terrain.'

A spokesperson antecedently clarified that it was not asking the 'unexperienced' wide nationalist to articulation the search.

The GoFundMe leafage acceptable up to supply fiscal enactment to the household smashed done the £40,000 barrier. 

It precocious emerged that ghoulish visitors connected 'Jeep safari tours' are flocking to the Tenerife Airbnb wherever Jay spent his last hours earlier vanishing.

Although Jay lone spent a substance of hours successful Casa Abuela Tina, the villa erstwhile fashionable with hikers attempting to trek up the Teno mountains present appears to person go a tourism spot.

The roadworthy extracurricular the two-bedroom farmhouse is packed with rental cars of British tourists and groups taking photos from Jeep 'safari' tours, The Times reports.

One woman, who lives successful Birmingham and Spain, told the newspaper: 'This is our 2nd clip here. I asked to thrust this way due to the fact that I conscionable wanted to spot it 1 much time. I privation to get immoderate answers.'

'It gives maine existent chills,' she added.

The teenager's enigma disappearance has led to a fig of net sleuths flying to Tenerife to articulation the hunt successful the mountains.

Although Spanish authorities assertion the lawsuit has been clouded by 'inaccurate' conspiracy theories connected societal media, Jay's hopeless household person called successful the assistance of 1 TikTok sleuth - Paul Arnott.

The 29-year-old, who runs the TikTok relationship Down the Rapids and describes himself arsenic an 'explorer', has been searching for Jay since Saturday.

He has been successful Tenerife for 8 days and said: 'It's been exhausting and it's been truly hard enactment but I'm not giving up until we find Jay.

'I've spent clip with the household and to spot them cracking up and crying has been truly emotional, I conscionable privation to bash the champion I tin to assistance them.

'This country is truthful immense it needs arsenic galore radical arsenic we tin to hunt done the country but I'm looking for marks successful the soil, sliding similar his person said. It's hard but I volition bash my best.'

He has posted much than 70 videos since, racking up millions of views arsenic helium joins constabulary and sniffer dogs successful the mountains. He said they had been focusing connected 2 circumstantial routes disconnected the main roadworthy which pb to a h2o source.

'I'm gathering the household today,' Mr Arnott - who paid £400 for a formation from Fort William to Tenerife - told The Telegraph. 'I've been speaking with Brad's mum, Rachel. They wanted to bring maine nutrient but I said no. They said they wanted to conscionable me. They said they're truly arrogant of what I'm doing.'

Jay's mother, Debbie Duncan said she 'can't convey Paul Arnott enough' arsenic she besides praised chap TikTok creater Callum Rahim and his friends for helping with the search.

She said the household were ignoring the unfounded societal media conspiracy theories which person threatened to derail the search. 

It comes arsenic constabulary connected Thursday started searching astir caves adjacent Los Carrizales, a caller country successful the Masca vale which they person not looked astatine before.

Two abandoned shacks wherever Jay's telephone past pinged person been the police's absorption truthful far.

MailOnline revealed on Thursday caller photos of Jay chatting to friends astatine a edifice excavation enactment conscionable 2 days earlier helium vanished.

And connected Tuesday, the probe took a unusual twist erstwhile the politician of Tenerife revealed that constabulary were quizzing locals who claimed they had seen Jay 'watching the Euros' successful a barroom successful Puerto de Santiago - a coastal edifice connected the island.

Police successful Tenerife person said nary 1 is talking yet astir halting the hunt for Jay.

The Civil Guard, which has been starring the cognition wherever the teen was past seen, said it was continuing arsenic mean connected Thursday.

More sniffer dogs trained successful searching for radical implicit ample expanses of onshore were flown successful from Madrid and joined the cognition connected Tuesday.

A Civil Guard spokesperson said: 'The Civil Guard is continuing to hunt for the young British antheral who disappeared, carrying retired inspections of each the paths, trails and ravines belonging to the colony of Masca wrong the municipality of Buenavista del Norte.'

The unit besides released footage showing officers moving connected ft done immoderate of the unsmooth and distant terrain and others carrying retired aerial inspections successful a helicopter.

A well-placed root added: 'No 1 astatine the infinitesimal is talking astir the hunt being brought to an end.

'There volition beryllium a constituent erstwhile the cognition that is taking spot astatine the infinitesimal has to beryllium astatine slightest scaled back. But close present the hunt teams look to person decided they privation to springiness themselves much time.'

It comes arsenic Jay's parent Debbie Duncan revealed she is successful talks with GoFundMe to merchandise immoderate of the £36,000 successful donations fixed to an entreaty successful bid to assistance concern rescue efforts and 'living costs' successful Tenerife.

Ms Duncan, 55, said the wealth would beryllium utilized for upland rescue, accommodation and nutrient expenses.

In a connection posted connected GoFundMe connected Thursday, she said: 'First, I would similar to convey everyone for your support, benignant messages, and bully wishes. It's hard to wrapper our heads astir what is happening close now, but we are not losing anticipation that we volition find Jay and instrumentality location together.

'We are presently moving with GoFundMe to retreat portion of the funds, which are being safely held. I wanted to stock that these funds volition beryllium utilized to enactment the upland rescue teams who are tirelessly searching for Jay.

'Additionally, since our enactment successful Tenerife needs to beryllium extended, we volition besides usage the funds to screen accommodation and nutrient expenses.

'I'm surrounded by fantastic radical who are by my side, but acold from their loved ones, truthful we'll besides beryllium utilizing portion of these funds to alert them to Tenerife truthful we tin enactment each different during these acheronian times.

'Thank you again for each your donations and support, this means the satellite to us.'

The entreaty was started past week by his person Lucy and reached its £30,000 people successful conscionable 3 days though immoderate contributors person expressed concerns implicit wherever the funds volition go.