Four in court over ‘large-scale drugs operation’ involving 14 kilos of cocaine ‘worth between £1-2m’

Four men were remanded in custody on Wednesday accused of taking part in an operation to move up to £1.7m worth of cocaine in Belfast.Brian McMullan, 34, Lee McKee, 26, Michael Moyes, 27, and Abdullah Hassan, 33, were arrested following transportations from a city centre apartment block to two waiting vehicles on Monday evening.All four men appeared at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on charges including possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply.An investigating detective said police observed the suspected handovers at locations close to a block of flats on McAuley Street.McMullan, of Madrid Street in Belfast, allegedly left the complex with a large bag before carrying out separate interactions with his co-accused in the neighbourhood.It was claimed that Moyes, of Stanhope Street in the ci