Sailors to appeal jail terms

Two Turkish sailors convicted of smuggling a record £512 million worth of cocaine aboard a tug boat in the North Sea are to appeal against their conviction.

Mumin Sahin and Emin Ozmen were jailed following trial after three tonnes of the class A drug were discovered inside the MV Hamal about 100 miles off the coast of Aberdeen.

The 2015 seizure is said to be the biggest single cocaine haul ever recovered at sea in Europe.

Ship’s captain Sahin, 47, was sentenced to 22 years, while second captain Ozmen, 51, was given a 20-year term at the High Court in Glasgow.