Desperate hunt for Brit, 24, who vanished in Costa Brava as his abandoned van found after driving from UK to Spain
SPANISH police are searching for a missing Brit who has vanished after reaching the Costa Brava.
The 24-year-old from Manchester had left the UK in a van, which has been found abandoned and empty at a viewpoint overlooking the Mediterranean near the popular resort of Tossa de Mar.
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