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Nova Scotia RCMP dog joins search for missing Montreal boy Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou

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WATCH: Montreal police have called in reinforcements to search for missing boy Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou. As Global's Gloria Henriquez reports, the family is organizing a search party over the weekend – Mar 30, 2018

Police are continuing the search for a missing 10-year-old Montreal boy with the help of a specially trained dog on loan from the Nova Scotia RCMP.

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The search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou resumed at about 8 a.m. Friday near the shores of the Rivières des Prairies with the dog that specializes in ice and water searches.

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READ MORE: So many volunteers joined the search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou that police told them to stop coming

Meanwhile, a boat belonging to Hydro-Quebec is once again cruising along the shores of the river and breaking up the ice.

Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou has been missing since Monday. Kouakou family

Montreal police divers have also been searching the river, but it was unclear whether they would be in the water again Friday.

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Ariel left his family’s home in the city’s north end on March 12 to visit a friend’s house, and a witness spotted someone matching his description in the park near the river shortly after.

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Police believe he most likely fell in the water and drowned.

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