Spanish police say they are searching for missing Greater Manchester man who vanished in Majorca

Spanish police say they are looking for missing Brit Benjamin Ross following criticism from his worried mum.

Felix Robinson has admitted she is “petrified” after the 26-year-old vanished on July 10 in the Majorcan capital Palma. The trainee barrister, from Wigan, Greater Manchester, had his phone and wallet stolen at a beach and then fell out with his flatmates shortly before he was last seen or heard from.

Felix, who is planning to fly to Majorca in a desperate bid to find her beloved son, has claimed Palma cops are under the impression Ben’s case isn’t a police issue because he is an adult seeking time alone on the island. But National Police in Palma insisted today in their first comments on the case they were looking for the missing Brit.

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They said a Homicide Unit had been put in charge of the search, although sources were quick to point out that they had no information pointing to him being killed and it was standard practice in Spain for these types of units to be tasked with probing the disappearance of adults.

A local court is thought to have been informed as well as part of protocol procedure, as happened with the disappearance of Jay Slater in Tenerife before his body was found on Monday 29 days after he vanished near the village of Masca.

A spokesman for the National Police in Majorca said: “We are aware of this disappearance and work is being done to try to locate this man. That’s all we can say at this present time.”

A well-placed source said: “The force’s Homicide Unit has been placed in charge of this. This unit also investigates adult disappearances among other things so