Former Australian Athlete of the Year and Olympian Nathan Baggaley appears in Lismore Local Court on amphetamines ring charges Olympian Nathan Baggaley is back in court, after being arrested over a major drug bust. Emeree Roberts, girlfriend of Nathan Baggaley, outside Lismore Court. DISGRACED Olympian Nathan Baggaley and his younger brother Dru have been arrested over a major drug bust. Nathan's arrest comes just two months after he claimed to have turned his life around. Dru is accused of helping run an amphetamines ring. The Baggaley boys once led idyllic lives surfing and fishing in their native Byron Bay, but now face possible life behind bars. Baggaley arrested after Federal Police sting Nathan, a former Australian Athlete of the Year who won two silver medals in kayaking at the 2004 Athens Olympics, was arrested on Friday night at the Tweed Heads home he shares with his heavily-pregnant partner Emeree Roberts. Yesterday, Ms Roberts was in tears at court as her partner stared down the barrel of a life sentence, and years apart from their unborn child. The Baggaley brothers and two other men were charged after a long-running Australian Federal Police investigation into an alleged amphetamines syndicate operating on the Gold Coast and northern NSW. Police they had dismantled a clandestine drug lab at a waterfront property near Nathan Baggaley's Tweed Heads home, and another at Currumbin Waters on the Gold Coast He had claimed to be a changed man - determined to win back the trust of people he had 'betrayed' - and was training again with the goal of making another Olympics. I know it will be a slow process and I know I will cop a lot of flak,"he told News Corp late last year. People who criticised me, I have to accept that. I have betrayed people, I have let people down. All I ask is they recognise I am admitting my mistakes and have had a severe punishment for it and I am entitled to get on with my life. That's all I ask, (that) they keep an open mind. Nathan Baggaley on his way to winning silver at the Athens Olympics. Picture Phil Hillyard Source: News Limited Yesterday, he faced Lismore Local Court on six charges including conspiracy to import chemical precursors, conspiracy to manufacture and produce a prohibited drug and supplying 'a large commercial quantity' of a prohibited drug. Ms Roberts and Baggaley's long-suffering parents, Sue and Noel, were in court to support him. Due to give birth in just two weeks, Ms Roberts shook and sobbed in the public gallery and had to be comforted by Mrs Baggaley. Baggaley, wearing prison greens and looking drawn, smiled tightly from the dock and mouthed 'hi Mum'. Lawyer Simon Joyner entered a 'not guilty' plea and said his client would not apply for bail at this stage. Outside court, Mr Joyner said Baggaley may make seek bail so he can be with Ms Roberts when she gives birth. "He's holding up as well as can be expected - his primary concern is Ms Roberts and his parents," Mr Joyner said. Co-accused Francis Gorman, 52, also faced Lismore Local Court charged with one count of manufacturing and producing a prohibited drug. He also did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody until December 17. A fourth alleged syndicate member, a 32-year-old who was arrested at Forster in Northern NSW, is due to face Taree Local Court today.