Wrexham

A third search assisting NEWSART in four days, saw our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson contacted initially on Monday evening, 9th November 2015, to lend his specialist assistance to a search operation near Wrexham, regarding a missing male, commencing the following morning.

At 09.30hrs this morning, Tuesday 10th November, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Handler Steve Nelson, with Trailing Search Dog Boris, and Elaine Gilliland as navigator, journeyed to the search RVP, arriving on scene in the Wrexham area at 11.30hrs to collect a ‘scent item’ to enable their search to commence, which it did at circa 12.00hrs.

Steve and Elaine’s involvement in this search was concluded by early afternoon, and by 15.30hrs this same day they were back at their Bolton home, with enquiries in to the whereabouts of the missing male being continued by Police.

Please see the website and Facebook account of NEWSAR for more details on this search incident.

Following Police concern for the welfare of a missing 49 year old man from the Wrexham area, who had been missing since last being seen at circa 18.00hrs on Monday 25th March 2013, when he left Wrexham Maelor Hospital, North Wales Police called out the North East Wales Search and Rescue Team today to join in the search for the missing man.

Ten NEWSART team members met at Wrexham Police Station at 13.00hrs, and in conjunction with North Wales Police, their Search Manager on scene carefully selected search areas and assigned search parties.

The NEWSAR team were stood down at 17.02hrs.

At 13.27hrs, early this afternoon, our Mountain Rescue Trailing Search Dog Boris, and his handler Steve Nelson (Bolton MRT / SARDA Wales) were called out to assist in the search operation, alongside Bolton MRT team call out list member Elaine Gilliland, who was acting as Steve’s navigator.

Both Steve and Elaine were stood down as they were receiving a search briefing, and returned home by 17.26hrs.