• Investigation The Civil Guard studies the marine currents and extends the search to the south of Tenerife to find Anna and Olivia

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The marine robot has found an oxygen bottle and a sheet on Monday in the area where the missing girls are being searched in

Tenerife

, according to sources from the investigation, who specify that both objects will now be subjected to analysis to treat to confirm if they can provide clues about the whereabouts of the minors.

The investigation led by the Civil Guard is now focused on trying to determine if the oxygen bottle belongs to

Tomás Gimeno

, who was fond of underwater fishing.

The discovery, advanced by

Nius

, occurred around 2:00 p.m. this Monday within the search device for the girls who disappeared with their father on April 27.

Among the objects a sheet has also been found, as confirmed by the aforementioned sources.

Police work is focused on tracking the registration data of the scuba tank, since it is usual to record its acquisition and periodic reviews.

In this way, it could be confirmed or ruled out that it belonged to the father of the girls

Anna

and

Olivia

, aged one and six.

Anna and Olivia, in an image released by their mother.

The device has been joined by the oceanographic vessel of

the Spanish Institute of Oceanography

Ángeles Alvariño

, equipped with a side-scan sonar and an underwater robot, in charge of tracking the seabed in search of clues.

The oceanographic vessel is conducting the marine inspection in the area where Tomás Gimeno's boat was found adrift, one nautical mile from

Puertito de Güímar

.

Its mission is to radiograph the seabed with sonar to try to identify any foreign object and, if possible, bring it to the surface with the underwater robot.

Members

of the Civil Guard's

Central Operational Unit

(

UCO

)

also participate in the investigation

, adding more than seventy people from air and sea resources, as well as land, each day.

The investigation is subject to summary secrecy and has included several records on Tomás Gimeno's farm, located in

Igueste de Candelaria

, the last few times having the support of a canine unit displaced from

Madrid

.

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