BBC News - Isle of Wight lobster pots cocaine suspects in court: "Three men have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to import cocaine after £8m worth of the drug was found attached to lobster pots.
The men were held in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, in a operation involving police and the UK Border Agency on Sunday.
Rucksacks attached to the pots were seen off the coast earlier in the day.
Jamie Green, 42, and Daniel Payne, 35, both from the Isle of Wight, and Veljko Protic, 34, from Croatia were remanded in custody until 9 June.
They are due to appear again at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court.
About 330 kilos (728 lbs) of cocaine was recovered from the rucksacks"
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