Accused drug smugglers appear in court charged with cocaine trafficking in Solent

Benn Bath, 32, of Gibbons Rise, Staplehurst, Kent, and Milos Bigovic, 29, a Serbian national, appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court on April 30.

Joshua Paige, 27, of Cardigan Close, High Haltow, Rochester, Kent, also appeared at the same court.

The trio were charged by the National Crime Agency with being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the prohibition of importing the class A drug on April 25 in the Solent.

The pair are due to appear at Winchester Crown Court on May 27 and were remanded in custody.

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