Four on 2.3m pounds heroin charge

FOUR MEN charged with smuggling 23 kilos of heroin worth pounds 2.5m appeared before Dover magistrates yesterday. Huseyn Akengin, 60, from Turkey, a Bosnian, Mesyd Selmanovic, 49, and Croatians Jakov Crnjaj, 42, and Vladimir Salatic, 33, were arrested at a Hertfordshire hotel on Friday by Customs and Excise investigators who had followed a minibus from Dover.

All were remanded in custody until 13 August.