POLICE have concluded a search of an area on the outskirts of Comber, Co Down linked to the Lisa Dorrian murder investigation.
Detectives investigating the disappearance and murder of Ms Dorrian more than a decade ago began a new search last week to find her remains.
The PSNI have said that no human remains were found at the site on the Newtownards Road, outside Comber, but a number of items have been removed for further examination.
Lisa Dorrian, who was 25 and from Bangor, went missing on February 28, 2005. Police believe the young woman was beaten to death at a caravan park in Ballyhalbert by men with links to the drugs trade.
Her body has never been found despite repeated appeals for information.
Detective Chief Inspector Justyn Galloway, from Serious Crime Branch, said: “Our enquiries are continuing. We would again appeal to those individuals who know what happened to Lisa to provide that information."
"This would enable Lisa’s family to have some degree of closure as they face another anniversary of her disappearance in the coming days without the answers they so desperately crave and deserve”.
Last month, the Irish News reported how loyalist sources had claimed that despite detailed information that could lead to the discovery of Ms Dorrian's remains being passed to police more than a year previous, the alleged burial site had still not been excavated.
Information said to come from a man directly involved in the killing was given to police who it is claimed said it would be logged and fed back to detectives investigating the murder.