More than a month after being reported missing Marvin Asba has still not been found and on Thursday evening an expert in forensics and missing persons, Brigadier Leonie Ras from South Africa, arrived in the country to help in the case.

The expert, who was recommended to the Seychelles Police by Interpol following a request for help the local police made last month, is accompanied by two expert dog handlers specialised in search and rescue ‒ warrant officers Van Rooyen and Prinsloo whose dogs are trained in detecting a person on and below the ground as well as in the water.

Yesterday morning the team was briefed by police commissioner Reginald Elizabeth and the CID officer leading the investigation as well as other officers working on the case.

Speaking to the local press soon after the briefing, Commissioner Elizabeth said it has taken some time for the expert to arrive as there are procedures to follow and the expert had to conclude work on important cases she was working on before being granted authorisation from her superiors to travel here.

Commissioner Elizabeth said the experts have received a detailed overview of the case from the day the young man was reported missing, all the investigation that  has taken place up to now so they could add their input and decide on how to conduct their own investigation.

Twenty members of the Seychelles Rapid Intervention Force are receiving training on how to go about in case an aircraft is hijacked.

The five-day training is being held at the Seychelles International Airport led by three experts from the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) including Commander Thierry, Lieutenant Sergio and Lieutenant Jo.

The twenty men taking part in the training are from two units of the Seychelles Police Tactical Response Services and the Seychelles People’s Defence Forces (SDF) Lafors Tazar.

This training, which has also been held in other Indian Ocean countries, kicked off on May 1, 2017 and is expected to end tomorrow.

Yesterday a demonstration was held in the northern parking area of the airport on an Air Seychelles aircraft in the presence of the Police Commissioner Reginald Elizabeth, French ambassador Lionel Majesté-Larrouy, principal secretary for civil aviation, ports & marine Garry Albert, Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA's) chief executive (CEO) Gilbert Faure, high officers from SPDF, members of the Seychelles Police and members of SCAA, among other key officers.