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Robert Hynes

Olympic silver medallist Nathan Baggaley found guilty of plotting to smuggle €130 million worth of cocaine into Australia

Two-time Olympic silver medallist canoeist Nathan Baggaley and his younger brother have been found guilty of plotting to smuggle $200 million (€130m) worth of cocaine into Australia.

The 45-year-old and his 39-year-old brother Dru were charged with attempting to import 650kg of cocaine in 2018.

After about eight hours of deliberating, a Brisbane Supreme Court jury found both men guilty.

Nathan Baggaley won two canoeing silver medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics and was also a three-time world champion.

But his career was tarnished with drug scandals - testing positive for banned steroids in 2005 and also being jailed with Dru Baggaley ten years later for his role in a drug manufacturing syndicate.

The Baggaley brothers will be sentenced on a date yet to be decided by the court.

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