The fish that got away courtesy of judge

FOUR  Costa Rican fishermen who were charged with drug trafficking, and freed from detention  failed to appear at a hearingon  TuesdaySep.28, in David.

The fishermen were released from custody by a judge Monday.

Drug Prosecutor Carlos González had appealed that decision, saying the suspects were a flight risk.

The men were found aboard a boat that had 500 kilos of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment inside a tank where fish were stored in the hull.

The fishermen could not be located and were declared in absentia by the Court of Appeals