Police join search for Belgian tourist after phone found in Tasmanian wilderness two years since she went missing

Device belonging to missing hiker Celine Cremer found in an area that had ‘been extensively searched previously’

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Police will officially join private investigators and local volunteers in scouring the Tasmanian wilderness for a Belgian tourist, two-and-a-half years after she went missing and a day after her mobile phone was found.

Celine Cremer’s Samsung phone was found by SES search and rescue volunteer Tony Hage on Saturday in the area around Philosopher Falls near Cradle Mountain in Tasmania’s north-west where the 31-year-old was last seen on 17 June 2023.