It sounds like something out of Breaking Bad, but in this story, the police are the ones knocking.
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As reported by the BBC, Emaa Hussen has been charged with attempting to smuggle over 700 pounds of methamphetamine from West Africa to Australia. The British actress could face life in prison.
Who Is Emaa Hussen?
Hussen only has three credits on her IMDb page, including a role as a Russian prostitute in the Jason Statham film Redemption and several episodes of a spinoff of the British soap opera EastEnders.
But it was allegations of importing a commercial quantity of meth that led the actress to court in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, June 18.
Police assert that she and a South Australian couple tried to move the substance by hiding it in bags of charcoal. Those bags were then put in shipping containers from Ghana. The drugs had an estimated street value of over $208 million.
Officers found a "white crystallized substance" after X-raying the containers. Further testing confirmed it was meth. Police removed the drugs from the shipment, which was heading to a storage facility in Girraween, a suburb of Sydney.
What Happens Now?
Police allege that the actress went to the facility. She supervised as several men unpacked the containers. They loaded several bags into a car and drove to a home in the Sydney suburb known as Blacktown. Police arrested Hussen and seized several electronic devices and a notebook.
A 30-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man involved in the investigation were arrested in Adelaide, the South Australian capital. They allegedly used false identities to rent the storage units used to deliver the drugs.
"Criminal syndicates will go to great lengths to disguise illicit drugs, including embedding them in everyday goods like charcoal, but our highly skilled officers are trained to see beyond these attempts," said Australian Border Force Superintendent Jared Leighton.
Hussen was refused bail due to an earlier court decision. She is due back in court in August.
