Police in Portugal have begun using radar to scan roadwork trenches for any traces of the body of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann.

Madeleine was three when she disappeared on May 3, 2007, during a family trip to the child-friendly resort of Praia da Luz in the Algarve region.

Authorities launched a fresh search near where the toddler was last seen 18 years ago, covering 20 properties, cisterns, wells and ruins, according to sources close to the investigation.

This search will be focused more on groundworks and roadworks, which had been taking place when Madeleine disappeared. Police fear she may have been buried in trenches near Praia da Luz.

Germany’s FBI, known as the BKA, is using ground-penetrating radar to see if it can find any traces of the young British girl.

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