Banana box coke smugglers gave customs officers the slip

Three eastern European men accused of smuggling cocaine worth up to £184m into the UK, hidden in a cargo of bananas, have been remanded in custody. Gjergji Diko, 30, Bruno Kuci, 28 and Petko Zhutev, 36, were allegedly involved in the attempt to flood the country with 2.3 tonnes of the drug from Columbia. Border Force Officers seized the cocaine – believed to be one of the largest hauls ever in the UK – at Portsmouth International Port on February…