Three men charged in connection with €150m cocaine seizure remanded in custody

State authorities continue to search the 190-metre bulk cargo vessel, the MV Matthew

Harold Estoesta was told that legal aid would be dealt with next week. Picture: Dan Linehan

Three men charged in connection with the largest cocaine seizure in the history of the State have been remanded in custody in Cork for two weeks.

Harold Estoesta, 30, a Filipino national, Saeid Hassani, a 37-year-old Iranian; and Mykhalio Gavryk, a 30-year-old Ukrainian, appeared via videolink in Mallow District Court.