Inquiry into 7 Britons in Cuba

Havana - Seven Britons who have been detained for nearly a month in Cuba "are the subject of an investigation", Cuba's top diplomat…

Havana - Seven Britons who have been detained for nearly a month in Cuba "are the subject of an investigation", Cuba's top diplomat said yesterday in the first official Cuban government comment on the case.

The seven Britons arrested on October 9th are suspected of being private eyes on the trail of an alleged adulterer, supposedly a millionaire living in Panama, a Foreign Office spokesman said.

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