Three Britons appeared at a special court sitting last night charged over the 1.7-tonne cocaine haul seized from a yacht off the Co Cork coast.
Philip Doo (52) and David Mufford (44), both from Devon, and Christopher Wiggins (42), who has been living in Spain’s Costa del Sol, were charged at Clonakilty District Court with attempting to import the drugs, valued at more than €650 million.
The trio were arrested after Irish navy, gardaí and customs raided a yacht last Wednesday 170 miles off the West Cork coast.
After two days of questioning, gardaí charged the men and brought them before the special night sitting of Clonakilty District Court, west Cork.
They were charged with possession of drugs with intent to import under Section 34 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act.
Judge James McNulty remanded the men in custody to appear before Kinsale District Court next Thursday.
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