At the press conference on Thursday, the police said that they had not made any concrete findings. They withdrew resources from the area to assess the next step in the search for Abdullahi, who has been missing for two years. But early on Friday, there was activity in the area again, news’s reporters on the spot could ascertain. – We want to carry out further searches in the area and expand the search area. During the weekend we will get several new teams of criminal detection dogs to Hammerfest, says Torstein Pettersen, head of tactical investigation in the Finnmark police district, in a press release. Finnish police are assisting with dogs, while Kripos is assisting with tactical investigation management and a criminal investigation dog that participated on Thursday and earlier this autumn. Abdullahi Dayib Mohamud Photo: Police Abdullahi Dayib Mohamud was last seen on 18 December 2020, and was reported missing by his family two weeks later. Helps the dogs to smell On Friday, the police got help to drill into the ground. More air in the ground should give the dogs the best possible sense of smell before they are used in the search during the weekend. – At the same time, I want to clarify that a marking from a criminal detection dog is not a definitive answer, but only an indicator and decision support in the search work, says Pettersen. – We are still not sure that the missing person is in this area, but want to carry out further searches. The lack of findings or traces is also interesting for the investigation. Photo: CHRISTIAN KRÅKENES / news Legal aid Abdullahi’s family asked yesterday for legal aid, and the police have asked the court to appoint a lawyer. New interrogations have been carried out, and the police have received several tips which they are investigating on an ongoing basis, says Pettersen. – I don’t want to go into detail about what has come up in interviews or tips, apart from the fact that the police still have high pressure on the investigation and the search for the missing person, says Pettersen. Preparations for new searches continued on Friday, and at the weekend more dogs will come to search the area by the sports hall. Photo: CHRISTIAN KRÅKENES / news Many interrogations The development in the case this week came after a long standstill. As recently as April, the police were at a standstill in the case. The disappearance had then been discussed in the TV2 program Åsted Norge, but nothing came of it in the first few days. During the summer or autumn, however, the police received new tips and questioned a number of people. That gave them the basis to search with both technical equipment and a search dog in an area by the sports hall on the so-called Prærien in Hammerfest. The search gave indications that there could be a hold in the tips. On Monday this week, the family received information that they would dig for the missing Abdullahi, his elder sister Ruweyda tells news. The family hopes they will find certainty after nearly two years of grief and loss. Photo: CHRISTIAN KRÅKENES / news
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The police are expanding the search for missing Abdullahi in Hammerfest – news Troms and Finnmark
