Three remanded in connection with €80m cocaine haul

Three British men have been remanded in continuing custody in connection with the seizure of €80m worth of cocaine aboard a yacht off the Irish coast last month.

Three remanded in connection with €80m cocaine haul

Three British men have been remanded in continuing custody in connection with the seizure of €80m worth of cocaine aboard a yacht off the Irish coast last month.

Seventy-year-old John Powell, 35-year-old Benjamin Mellor and 28-year-old Thomas Britteon are each charged with a single offence relating to the seizure of one tonne of cocaine aboard the yacht, Makayabella.

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