Paul Dexter Farrow, who failed to appear at the court in the northern town of Rijeka, and Ivan Andabak stand accused of trying to smuggle 660 kilos (1,452 pounds) of cocaine from Ecuador to the West African nation of The Gambia via Rijeka's port.
The drugs had an estimated value of some 60 million dollars (45 million euros).
The Rijeka court acquitted the two in 2007 due to lack of evidence, but after an appeal from the prosecution, the Supreme Court ordered a retrial in the case.
An Interpol arrest warrant has been issued for Farrow, 50, who was released from detention after being acquitted in 2007 and has left Croatia since, judge Djurdja Jovanic was quoted as saying by HINA.If convicted the two could face jail terms of between five and 40 years
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