The search for the tourist couple missing since Saturday on the north coast of the island of Madeira was interrupted this Tuesday at 7pm and will resume on Wednesday morning, said the PSP.
“The situation remains unchanged, without any clue as to what happened,” commissioner João Góis told the Lusa agency, explaining that the searches are focusing on the coastal area, by land and sea, between São Vicente and Porto Moniz, contiguous municipalities, on the north coast of the island.
The tourists, a man and a woman of French nationality, aged 58 and 56, were last seen on Saturday, in the area of Site do Calhau, in the parish of São Vicente, where they were staying.
According to the PSP, the alert was given by the couple’s daughter, who that day chose to rest in the accommodation, while her parents decided to go for a walk nearby.
The police said that a witness at the scene indicated that he saw the tourists walking towards Porto Moniz.
The operation is being coordinated by the Regional Command of the Public Security Police (PSP) of Madeira, in which the Judiciary Police (PJ), the National Republican Guard (GNR), the Madeira Operational Command, the Regional Service of Civil Protection and the Maritime Authority.
The searches involve teams of drone operators from the Civil Protection and Operational Command and also the PSP’s kinesthetic brigade.
The PJ was involved in the operation to investigate a possible criminal situation, although, so far, there are no suspicions.
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