Specialist police dogs have been flown in from Miami to help the search for missing teaching assistant Nathan Clarke.

The two animals were taken out to sea onboard boats as police continued looking for the 31-year-old who vanished almost two weeks ago.

Nathan’s family is still in Cayman and have been kept up to date on the search operation.

Volunteers and divers are also helping police.

The two dogs are similar to the ones brought in to aid in the search of Anna Evans who vanished a little more than a year ago in George Town landfill.

Yesterday a spokeswoman for the RCIPS said: “A team of specialist dogs and handlers from overseas have joined the ongoing search for 
Nathan Clarke.

“The team, from Metro-Dade, arrived on island last night at the request of the RCIPS.

“The two dogs, who have specialist skills in search and recovery, joined the water-based search when it resumed at 9.30am.

“This is not the first time that a team of dogs from Metro-Dade has assisted the RCIPS. They came on island just over a year ago to assist in the landfill search for Anna Evans.”

Nathan vanished on Saturday 25th February after spending the evening with his partner Lisa Beck and friends.

He separated from the group who thought he had walked home alone but has never been seen since.

Nathan, who works at Cayman Prep and High School, was originally from Cheltenham in the South West of England.

Since his disappearance, friends and family both in Cayman and in the UK, have worked tirelessly to try and find out what has happened.

Earlier this week due to bad weather conditions the sea search was suspended but resumed on Wednesday.

Anyone with information can call the RCIPS on 949-3999 and they can send images of the night he disappeared to [email protected]