British man, 48, missing in Spain ‘after rowing with his wife’ as drones & choppers deployed in desperate search

A DESPERATE rescue mission has been launched for a Brit man who has gone missing in Spain after “rowing with his wife”.

The man, 48, was last seen on Thursday after he left his wife and abandoned his car with all his belongings.

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Cops launched a search operation for the British man in the municipality of Cremenes in northern Spain after his family reported him missing.

It is understood rescue operators are focusing on the area around Esla River where the man’s car was found abandoned.

Mountain rescue police are among emergency teams searching for the missing British man

Drones, a helicopter and a specialist sniffer dog are also being used in the hunt for the Brit.

A spokesman for a regional emergency coordination centre said: “We are continuing with the search operation for the 48-year-old British man who has been missing since Thursday in the area of Cremenes in Leon.

“Emergency responders received a call on the morning of Thursday 11 July in which a family member reported the disappearance of this 48-year-old British man, after which the search was initiated.”

“The search today is focusing on the banks of the Esla River and the area around the village of Las Salas, where the missing man’s vehicle was found parked on Thursday.

“In the village of Las Salas, the advanced command post of the Civil Protection and Emergencies Agency remains deployed, with technical staff from the emergency coordination centre, as well as the ‘Fenix’ drone unit and the Logistical Support and Emergencies Unit.

“The work is being carried out in coordination with the resources that the Guardia Civil is employing in the search, which include specialist mountain agents, drones and a helicopter.”

It comes just weeks after Brit teen Jay Slater went missing after attending a rave in Tenerife .

The 19-year-old travelled to the remote holiday let in Masca, Tenerife , with two British men hours before he disappeared almost one month ago .

He was last seen on June 17 walking uphill in the remote village on the northwest of the island.

Last month a missing British hiker was found dead in the Spanish Pyrenees.

Cops had launched a massive search operation for the man, 70 from London, after he disappeared on June 24.

Two days later, he was found dead close to the Aspe Peak, a mountain in the western Pyrenees of Huesca on the western side of the Aragon Valley.

Footage released by the Civil Guard at the time showed the operation to rescue the tragic Brit’s body.