Crime by Shayla Bulloch Premium Content Subscriber only POLICE are investigating a link between an accused drug smuggler and a stack of cocaine bricks washed up on a North Queensland beach. The Townsville Bulletin understands that police are looking into whether 10 bricks of cocaine that washed up on Hinchinbrook Island could be connected to an alleged botched drug smuggling incident over which Olympic kayaker, Nathan Baggaley has been charged. Police have alleged the silver medallist was involved in a botched plan to import 600kg of cocaine into Australia in 2018. Nathan Baggaley. The three-time world champion is accused of buying a $100,000 boat, which was allegedly used to collect almost $200 million of cocaine from a larger vessel off the coast of Northern New South Wales.