A two-time Olympic silver medalist canoeist and his brother have been found guilty of plotting to smuggle £110m worth of cocaine into Australia.
Nathan Baggaley, who won two silver awards at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and his sibling, Dru Baggaley, were accused of smuggling 650kg of cocaine in 2018.
The Australian siblings, who both denied the charges, were seen as guilty on Thursday following eight hours of interrogation and questioning at Brisbane Supreme Court.
An official statement from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) takes note of the men attempted to dodge law requirement and video film showed them tossing packs of cocaine over the edge. Authorities held onto in excess of 500 kilograms of cocaine, as per court archives.
Nathan, 45, purchased the speedboat used in the incident and was arrested 10 months later, with prosecutors saying he was planning to meet the pair at a boat ramp to store the drugs. Dru and Draper made an 11-hour journey in June 2018 to meet up with a foreign ship that was carrying the drugs.
But they were spotted by surveillance planes, prompting a navy ship to follow them.
