Instagram influencer Mikayla Noakes guilty of drug charges
An Instagram influencer caught up with the same drug bust as a former NRL star has pleaded guilty to being part of a criminal group.
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An Instagram influencer caught up in the same cocaine bust as former Gold Coast Titans NRL star Michael Gordon has pleaded guilty to participating in a criminal group.
Mikayla Noakes, 20, and her surfer boyfriend Tate Robinson, 22, were among seven people including Gordon arrested in cross-border raids last November.
They were accused of being part of a syndicate supplying cocaine across the Gold Coast and Tweed.
Noakes was charged with multiple offences including participating in a criminal group and supplying a prohibited drug.
She had pleaded not guilty to the most serious charge of participating in a criminal group but changed her plea to guilty in Tweed Heads Local Court on Tuesday.
She also pleaded guilty to supplying and possessing a prohibited drug.
Noakes will be sentenced on March 22.
Gordon, who was sacked by the Titans as an assistant coach after the drug bust, is due to be sentenced on February 15.
Robinson and accused syndicate ringleader Jack Jones are due to return to court on February 12.
Noakes had been ordered by a court to live with her grandparents and have no contact with Robinson as part of strict bail conditions.
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