Nathan Baggaley in happier times at the 2004 Athens Olympics, where he won a silver medal. An Olympic silver medallist and his younger brother have been found guilty of plotting to smuggle AU$200 million (NZ$217m) of cocaine into Australia. World champion kayaker Nathan Jon Baggaley, 45, and 39-year-old Dru Anthony Baggaley were accused of trying to import 650kg of cocaine into Australia. The pair left the mainland about 9.30pm on July 31 travelling about 11 hours on a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) bought months before by Nathan Baggaley. The Crown claimed Nathan Baggaley communicated or tried to communicate with his brother at sea using the pseudonym 'Thunderbutt' saying: "I'm on standby, ready".

Source: Stuff April 01, 2021 20:14 UTC