POLICE are confident that British teenager Nora Quoirin is still close to The Dusun resort in Seremban, Negri Sembilan, despite the search and rescue efforts drawing a blank after four days.

Negri Sembilan deputy police chief Che Zakaria Othman told the media that Quoirin, a teenager with special needs, could not have gone far into the surrounding jungle due to her condition.

But trackers from the General Operations Force (GOF) Senoi Praaq unit are puzzled as there is absolutely no trace that the 15-year-old had simply walked out of the resort.

A source from the unit told The Malaysian Insight that the area is pitch dark at night and no one could walk even 10ft from the resort without leaving any trace.

“At night, it is pitch dark and you will not be able to see anything even 3m from the resort.

“The terrain is uneven and one is bound to lose his footing and fall, which would leave a trace.

“What puzzles us is that the girl did not leave any trace. It was as though she walked on a normal street. Not even a footprint was left behind,” said a member from the elite team.

Che Zakaria said police have lifted several fingerprints from the unit where the family was staying but declined to elaborate.

He, however, said the authorities believe Quoirin is still in the area and has not left the small town of Pantai in Seremban.

“She is still in this area. She has not left this place. We are sure of that,” he said.

“We understand how the family must be feeling. Emotions can run high, especially when she is a special child.

“But we are doing our best to locate her,” Che Zakaria added.

The number of rescuers have increased to 214 personnel and police today started using drones help trace the victim.

Two dogs from the K9 unit at the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman were also brought in today, along with another team of men to help in the search and rescue mission.

On Sunday, Quoirin disappeared from The Dusun, a tropical rainforest resort in Seremban, 63km south of Kuala Lumpur. She arrived in Malaysia with her family on Saturday for a two-week trip.

She was sleeping with her 12-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother on the night she went missing. – August 7, 2019.