In a statement, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said: "Our officers are carrying out a detailed search in relation to recovering the body of Rania Alayed.
He and Muhaned then transferred her body to the back of a motorhome and, with another brother Hussain, 34, they drove 87 miles to Thirsk, North Yorks., where the body was believed to have been buried next to a layby.
But in a dramatic development officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have begun to dig at the roadside on the A19 in Thirsk, North Yorks.
A spokeswoman said: "We are carrying out a detailed search in relation to recovering the body of Rania Alayed.
"GMP remain committed to finding Rania and will act on all available lines of enquiry when it is possible to do so to help bring some form of closure to her loved ones ten years on.".
