Olympian, brother face new drug charges after winning appeals for cocaine import plot

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Olympian, brother face new drug charges after winning appeals for cocaine import plot
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Nathan Baggaley and his brother are accused of being in possession of drugs while behind bars.

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Nathan is set to have three charges related to alleged offences that occurred on July 15, 2023 mentioned in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on Friday. faces the same charges which were mentioned at the Rockhampton court today, with a further mention listed on April 30.Dru, 42, was unsuccessful in a bail application in the Supreme Court in March with Justice Melanie Hindman saying fresh allegations of drug offending while behind bars "loomed darkly" over his bid for release.Dru Anthony Baggaley faces the same charges which were mentioned at the Rockhampton court today.

Justice Hindman said it was alleged that corrections officers found a phone charger, valium tablets, 100 strips of suboxone and a packet labelled "coke" in his cell.The case involving the alleged attempted importation is due to be mentioned in the Brisbane Supreme Court tomorrow with no trial date having been set.

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