Madeleine McCann live updates: Police to search land near suspect's former home with new 'weapon' following tip-off
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By JAMIE BULLEN and NICK PISA IN PORTUGAL

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Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will carry out fresh searches today following a tip-off given to German investigators.

Land near the former home of Christian Brueckner, a convicted sex offender named as the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance, will be scoured once again in Portugal.

At least 30 agents from Germany’s FBI, the BKA, arrived at the idyllic resort of Praia da Luz following a tip-off received by investigators to conduct new searches throughout the week.

Madeleine was three years old when she vanished from a holiday apartment complex in the Algarve in May 2007, in what has become one of the highest-profile unsolved missing person cases in the world.

Live updates below 

Police to launch new search for Madeleine McCann today

Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage as police carry out fresh searches for Madeleine McCann in the Portguese resort she vanished from 18 years ago.

German investigators will today lead new attempts to find Madeleine who was three years old when she disappeared from an apartment complex in Praia da Luz while on holiday with her family.

Her disappearance sparked a major police investigation across Europe and has become one of the highest-profile unsolved missing person cases in the world.

Stick with us throughout the day as we bring you live updates from Praia da Luz with our reporter Nick Pisa plus Jamie Bullen reporting in London.

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