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Two men have been charged following the seizure of £300 million of cocaine from a yacht off the Cornwall coast.
Dutch nationals Maarten Peter Pieterse, 59, and Emile Adriaan Jeroen Schoemaker, 44, were charged with drug importation offences, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
The yacht, the Marcia, they were on was intercepted off the coast of south-west Cornwall on Thursday and escorted to Newlyn.
Officers estimate that the yacht was carrying two tonnes of cocaine.