Jay Slater’s family are to remain in Tenerife to continue the search for the missing teenager.

It comes after police on the Spanish island called off the land search after 12 days of looking for the 19-year-old Briton, who was last heard from on 17 June.

In a statement on a crowdfunding page set up to help find Mr Slater – which has neared £50,000 of donations – his mother shared an update on how the funds would be used.

Debbie Duncan wrote that although the Spanish police’s land search, which “involved every resource they had available”, has ended, the officers will “continue with their investigations into why Jay had travelled to the location so far away from his accommodation”.

Helicopters, drones and search dogs had been deployed to find the apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

Ms Duncan thanked Spanish authorities and supporters on the GoFundMe page, adding: “We will continue to use part of the funds to support the volunteers working hard in the mountains to find Jay.”

“We are currently looking after Paul Arnett, putting together a package of any equipment and essentials he needs and going up to do a drop for him. We are also supporting Callum Fahim and his group with accommodation and other essentials.

“The remaining funds will continue to be used to support the rescue teams who are tirelessly searching for Jay as well as our own expenses as we remain in Tenerife looking for our boy.”

Mr Slater, who had gone to Tenerife on 13 June to attend a music festival, disappeared on 17 June after setting off to walk back to his accommodation.

His last known location was the Rural de Teno Park in the north of the Canary Island – which was about an 11-hour walk from where he was staying.

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