UK man denies trying to smuggle £6,000 of cocaine into the Island

A UK man who denies trying to smuggle more than £6,000 worth of cocaine into the Island has been remanded in custody.

Stefan Oliver Joseph Ball of Harborough Road in Leicester appeared before High Bailiff Jayne Hughes at Douglas Courthouse via a live video link from the Isle of Man Prison.

At an earlier hearing, the 35 year old denied producing 60 grammes of the class A drug to the Island on March 5 and possessing cocaine with intent to supply it on the same date.

There was no bail application, and he was remanded in custody until he appears in court again for committal proceedings on May 10.