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THE search for Madeleine McCann clues at a reservoir could end today after cops were told to stand down.
It signals a likely end to the operation after three days of digging on the shores of the secluded lake 31 miles from Praia da Luz, Portugal.
Insiders said police officers were told they will no longer be needed after this afternoon.
A well-placed police source said: “The GNR has received instructions to stand down at 4pm local time.”
The GNR is one of two local forces involved in the search alongside bandana-clad German officers probing the prime suspect, Christian B.
He used to stay at the lake around the time Madeleine vanished in 2007 and called it his “little paradise”.
Police have been spotted removing what appeared to be large brown evidence bags from the search site at Arade dam.
However they have not revealed any information about what was found.
A tip-off from a former friend of Christian B is understood to have prompted the hunt at the remote site, 31 miles from where Maddie vanished.
The information was cross-checked against pictures and videos showing Christian B nearby at around the time the three-year-old British tot was taken.
Dozens of German, Portuguese and British cops scheduled to scour the waterside beauty spot for two days were given more time to complete their work on Wednesday.
A Portuguese source told The Sun: “It’s clear that they believe there may be something very important here – because they’ve been given more time to search for it.
“The area is also being extended to include an area covered by vegetation which is being cut back so the ground can be examined.
“Indications are that the operation will continue into Thursday and possibly longer.”
German cops probing the 45-year-old predator believe he may have taken Madeleine to the beauty spot after snatching her as her parents Kate and Gerry dined out.
And they remain convinced the convicted rapist and paedophile raped and killed her before dumping her body.
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