Saturday, 3 April 2021
Australia’s double Olympic silver medallist Nathan Baggaley and his brother have been found guilty of trying to smuggle AUD200 million (£110 million/$152 million/€129 million) worth of cocaine into his home country.
Baggaley, a former kayaker who won two silver medals at the Athens 2004 Olympics, and his younger brother, Dru, were charged with attempting to import 650 kilograms of cocaine in 2018.
The brothers deny the charges but were found guilty at Brisbane s Supreme Court on Thursday (April 1).
They are due to be sentenced later this month.
Dru Baggaley and Anthony Draper were arrested off the coast of Queensland in 2018 after a police chase which involved the navy and air force.