You were trying to assert the group did not have access to resources.
They clearly did.
Simple.
The phones came courtesy of Fiona's brother in law, who wouldn't have got to hear about Madeleine until the early hours of the morning, but who was able to make contact with someone in Portugal, who was able to delver them before noon.
https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/DAVID-PAYNE-ROGATORY.htmReply "The, I mean, the other, there was a, the other person who contacted me which I didn't mention while I was at the Police Station was one of the Portuguese err newspapers and err you know asking, you know for comments and err so that could have been what the, you know, the number. I spoke, I did speak to the other, the friends of Simon ALDRIDGE'S who you know who kindly bought the phones and they actually bought the phones to the Portim' Police Station and I went downstairs and got the phones and then err brought them back upstairs. Err in terms of you know whether I, we spoke to them on the next day sorry, was that the question''