Lorry drivers appeals fail

Monday 06 April 1998 23:02 BST

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Lorry drivers appeals fail

TWO British lorry drivers found guilty of drug-trafficking in Bulgaria have failed in their appeals to quash their convictions.

John Mills and Peter Hobbs, both 41 and from north London, were arrested on the Bulgarian-Turkish border in June 1995. Border officials found pounds 600,000 of heroin in an outside compartment of their lorry. They were sentenced to seven and a half years and fined pounds 1,500 each by a Bulgarian court in February 1996. Yesterday's court decision leaves the men facing a further five years in jail.

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