A new search for missing British teenager is underway, with experts claiming specialist sniffer dogs will find him . . .

dead or alive. The 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished nearly a month ago after attending a rave with two British men and spending the night at an Airbnb in the remote and "treacherous" Masca village. He was last seen on Monday, June 17, attempting to return on foot to the tourist hotspot of Los Christianos where he was staying with friends Lucy and Brad after missing his bus – a journey that would have taken him 11 hours.

However, as the search for Jay goes past one month, a new organisation has become involved and pledged to find him one way or another. Marieke Krans, from search specialists Signi Zoekhonden, said: “We are very committed to come and we are confident in the dogs and in ourselves. Our dogs are trained to find people, both alive or dead, and have more skills.

They can search underwater, and up mountains, whatever it may be. "They are really creative and that means there is more we can do. We will go where the dogs lead us” It is thought that the volunteer group will spend around five and a half days searching for Jay.

News of a new search comes just 24 hours after Jay's mum Debbie issued a new plea to help find him, and clarified again what the near-£50k from the GoFundMe will be spent on. The 55-year-old said yesterday: “As you all know the Guardia Civil gave up the land search after 12 days. We have been actively .