{"id":744862,"date":"2026-06-18T16:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/744862\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:55:14","slug":"nsw-news-british-actress-arrested-in-300-million-drug-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/744862\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW news: British actress arrested in $300 million drug bust"},"content":{"rendered":"

A British<\/a> actress is accused of trying to import almost $300 million worth of meth<\/a> into Australia<\/a> from West Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Emaa Hussen was charged alongside an Adelaide<\/a> couple after being accused of trying to import 320 kilograms of methamphetamine worth $296 million, allegedly disguised in sacks of charcoal.<\/p>\n

\"It's<\/p>\n

It’s been more than ten years since Emaa Hussen played “Naz” in an EastEnders spin-off.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old played Naz in an EastEnders spin-off more than 10 years ago and played a part in the Hollywood<\/a> film Redemption alongside Jason Statham.<\/p>\n

Police<\/a> uncovered the drugs at Port Botany after they were shipped from Ghana. <\/p>\n

When the consignment was delivered to a storage facility at Girraween, officers were watching.<\/p>\n

The bags of charcoal were x-rayed after Border Force Officers<\/a> found \u201ca white crystallised substance\u201d which later tested positive for methamphetamine. <\/p>\n

\"Investigations<\/p>\n

Investigations began after officers in Sydney\u2019s Port Botany detected anomalies in two shipping containers from Ghana.\u00a0AFP<\/p>\n

The actress is accused of unpacking the drugs with some men before driving to a Blacktown home, where she was arrested.<\/p>\n

Police said they found 32 more bags at the house, which they allege were those that previously held the illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

Authorities seized electronic devices and a notebook for further forensic examination.<\/p>\n

The Adelaide couple, aged 30 and 32, were charged in April over their alleged involvement the importation and will face court<\/a> in September.<\/p>\n

Hussen will remain behind bars until her next court appearance in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A British actress is accused of trying to import almost $300 million worth of meth into Australia from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-744862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}