Two Ukrainian citizens have been accused of smuggling migrants in Britain in a boat in court.
Vladyslav Cherniavskyi, 37, and 43 -year -old Oleksandr Yavtushenko, appeared in Partsmouth Crown Court on charges of illegal immigration.
The allegations followed a boat interception of a boat from the coast of the Isle of White on 20 July, in an operation related to the National Crime Agency (NCA), Border Force and French Law Enforcement, which saw that the vessel attended Gosport Marina, Hampshire.
According to the NCA, four migrants, three Albanian men and a Vietnamese woman were handed over to immigration officers.
Judge David Melville Casey postponed the hearing till 3 October with a test date for 12 January.
He said: “This hearing will be postponed by 3 October, both defendants will be sent to custody.”