Dom Philips missing: Human remains found in search for missing Brit journalist as fisherman arrested over disappearance

HUMAN remains have reportedly been found in the hunt for missing British journalist Dom Philips. Veteran foreign correspondent Dom Phillips, 57, vanished along with his guide Bruno Pereira, 41, an expert on Brazil‘s indigenous tribes. Search teams have now found “apparently human” organic material in a river where the pair both vanished on Sunday. Police also said in a statement that they had collected genetic material from the missing duo. Detectives are going to compare it with blood found on the boat of a fisherman who is being held as a suspect in the investigation. Amariledo ‘Pelado’ da Costa has been arrested over the disappearances after the blood was found on his wooden boat. READ MORE ON THE AMAZON AMAZON WARRIOR I braved horror 500-mile Amazon trek where bugs laid MAGGOTS under my skin RIVERS OF DEATH NASA images reveal 'rivers of gold' mining pits poisoning the Amazon Cops have been granted an extra 30 days to keep him detained as they continue to investigate. He was taken into custody on Tuesday and was charged with illegal possession of drugs and restricted ammunition. Police have indicated that da Costa was one of the last people to see Philips and Pereira on Sunday at around 6am. Both men vanished after visiting the fisherman’s riverside community of São Gabriel. Most read in News LOST AND FOUND Woman in China finds out missing lover is with his WIFE & kids in Norwich WIFE'S AGONY Wife of DIY SOS footie fan Simon Dobbin says ‘murder’ makes her ‘sick’ HELL HOUND Terrifying moment killer dog 'Beast' lunges at kids before mauling boy to death BABY ‘MURDER’ Mum, 18, denies ‘murdering baby when she was 15’ as she appears in court TEEN MURDER Boy, 15, ‘ferociously’ stabbed to death while ‘trying to defend his mum’ 'SICKO' SNARED Cops parade suspect who 'raped Brit during massage in front of her husband' Detectives were given an extra 30 days as he is involved in the possible “heinous crime” of murder and hiding bodies. Brazilian media claims witnesses saw da Costa with a shotgun just before the men vanished. And another witness described him as a “very dangerous man”.