Mossos d’Esquadra, the regional power in Catalonia, launched a video of its officers looking out the port of Barcelona – close to to the place Mr Davis vanished final October.

They are additionally combing the Llobregat Delta wetland zones close to the Catalan capital for the previous Bath Rugby participant.

A spokesman for the Mossos d’Esquadra mentioned: “A search is taking place for the man last seen on October 29 in Barcelona port and the Llobregat Delta. It’s being conducted by the Mossos’ Maritime Police and the Aquatic Unit.

“It’s an underwater search with the Maritime Police in the boats and the divers involved belonging to the aquatic unit.

“The search is taking place because of the possibility this person could have fallen into the water, from information received following his disappearance, around the time he was last seen.”

A neighborhood investigating decide is known to have authorised the searches.

They come shortly after Mr Davis’ household revealed final month that police had informed them they feared he had drowned.

Mr Davis, who appeared on the Celebrity X-Factor in 2019, was final seen in The Old Irish Pub in Barcelona on October 29, 2022, having left the UK for Ibiza after struggling an harm.

Around the time he disappeared, 4 members of cruise liner MSC Bellissima mentioned that they had noticed a person within the water because the ship was docking in Barcelona.

The males mentioned he was sporting the identical light-coloured high as Mr Davis and was shouting for assist in English.

A lifebuoy was thrown to him and a rescue operation was mounted.

It lasted a day earlier than being known as off after it was confirmed that nobody was lacking from the cruise liner and nobody had been reported lacking in port waters or within the sea off Barcelona.

The thriller surrounding his disappearance has prompted wild conspiracy theories, one thing his household have pleaded with folks and the press to not share.

In a press release launched in March, his household mentioned gang involvement was “not being considered or investigated at this time”.

They spoke after Catalan police reportedly mentioned there have been “disturbing” points with “no logical explanation” to his disappearance, and a specialist crime unit was mentioned to be taking on the probe.