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3 men who went on a surf trip to Mexico are now missing.
Brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend Jack Carter Rhoad, failed to check into their accommodation in the city of Rosarita on April 28.
It's understood they were surfing and camping at the popular surfing spot Punta San Jose near the city of Ensanada.
Local media reported while searching for the men around La Bocana, authorities discovered one of the trio's phones had been switched on around an hour's drive of where the men were last seen.
"A woman … about 25 years old … was detained in possession of it [in the upper part of Maneadero]," reporter Mario Muñoz told the press, citing local police sources.
He said she was also found carrying drugs and would be handed over to the state attorney general's office.
"The state prosecutor's office will investigate the disappearance of the three tourists," Mr Muñoz said.
Mr Munoz supplied pictures of the area in Punta San José where police are searching.
Police in Mexico say they have made another two arrests as they investigate the disappearance of the trio.
The mother of the two brothers, Debra Robinson, has been using social media to appeal for help finding her sons.
"They have not contacted us since April 27 … they are travelling with another friend; an American citizen," she wrote.
"Callum is a Type 1 diabetic so there is also a medical concern.
"Please contact me if you have seen them or know their whereabouts."
Baja California Attorney General MarÃa Elena Andrade RamÃrez told reporters that three Mexican people were arrested in connection with the case.
RamÃrez said three tents belonging to the trio had been found south of the city of Ensenada.
A truck belonging to one of the brothers was also found burnt out on a nearby farm. The torched vehicle was about 400 metres from a stream and a vineyard within the property. The area has been cordoned off.
Mexican government statistics show Baja California Sur and Quintana Roo have reported significant increases in drug-related violence, particularly murder.
Baja California Sur and Baja California are among the states with the highest homicide rates. According to Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), residents of Baja California reported 27,211 criminal incidents per 100,000 people in 2022, the most recent year for which statistics are available. Baja California is also among the worst states in Mexico when it comes to violent crime, with ongoing conflicts amongst drug cartels contributing to a spike in the local homicide rate.
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