New searches by German police investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann are expected to begin in Portugal today (Tuesday, June 3).

Madeleine disappeared 18 years ago at the age of three while on a family holiday in the resort of Praia da Luz.

She had been sleeping in a room with her toddler twin siblings while her parents went out to dinner.

According to The Sun , the new searches will involve radar equipment that can scan beneath the ground and will focus on trenches near where the McCann family was staying at the resort.

A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said: “We are aware of the searches being carried by the BKA (German federal police) in Portugal as part of their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

“The Metropolitan Police Service is

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