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Spanish police rejected offer of support from Lancashire police as the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater in Tenerife continues.
Lancashire Police said they have made an “offer to support the Guardia Civil to see if they need additional resources” in their efforts. The 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer, from Oswaldtwistle, was last heard from between 8am and 9am on Monday morning when he contacted a friend.
A statement from Lancashire Police said: “Although this case falls outside the jurisdiction of the UK Police, we have made an offer to support the Guardia Civil to see if they require additional resources.
“They have confirmed that at this stage they are satisfied that they have the resources they need, but this offer remains open and they will contact us if this position changes.”
Slater was last seen in the northwestern mountain village of Maska. He disappeared after leaving the holiday cottage of several men with whom he returned after attending the NRG music festival in the south of the island.
The teenager was trying to walk back to his accommodation after missing a bus. The walk from Slater’s last known location to his quarters would have taken about 11 hours.
On Friday, police, firefighters and a search and rescue team searched a huge area in and around the village of Maska. Emergency responders met at various locations throughout the day, searching bushes, overgrown terrain, hills and rivers, but were unable to find the missing teenager.
On the fifth day of Slater’s pursuit, the search teams paid close attention to a river called the Barranco Madre del Agua at the bottom of a ravinewhere staff carefully searched fallen dead trees.
They later moved to other areas, concentrating much of their resources in an area near the Rural de Teno Park.
Search and rescue combed through dead palm trees covering a river at the bottom of the slope near the Airbnb property he was reportedly driven to.
The owner of the property, Ofelia Medina Hernandez, told reporters that she saw Slater walking down the road past her property, but then did not see him again, describing the situation as alarming.
On Friday, a post on the Facebook page called Jay Slater Missing by the group’s administrator, Rachel Louise Hargon, said Slater’s family and friends were “devastated.”
Lucy Lowe, who attended the NRG music festival with Slater, said he called her at around 8.30am on Monday and told her he was “lost in the mountains, unaware of his surroundings, desperate for a drink and your phone was at 1%”.
Slater’s mother, Debbie Duncan, who flew to Tenerife on Tuesday, said the search for her son had been an “absolute living nightmare”.
A fundraiser set up by Law to ‘bring Jay Slater home’ has received over £24,900 in donations. Law also called on British police to help with the investigation and criticized local efforts.
A spokesman for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “We are supporting the family of a British man who was reported missing in Spain and are in contact with local authorities.’
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