Actress Faces Charges After 300‑kg Meth Smuggling Plot Uncovered

Sat Jun 20 2026 03:50:53 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

UK actress Emaa Hussen charged with attempting to import 300 kg of meth into Australia, worth $296 million, from Ghana.

British actress Emaa Hussen is on trial after authorities uncovered a scheme to smuggle 300 kg of methamphetamine into Australia. The drugs were hidden in bags of charcoal in shipping containers from Ghana and had an estimated street value of roughly $296 million. Police say Hussen supervised the unpacking, packing the meth into cars before it was delivered to a storage facility near Sydney. The case raises new concerns over drug trafficking networks and border security.

Actress Faces Charges After 300‑kg Meth Smuggling Plot Uncovered

British star Emaa Hussen, known for her role as Naz in the Eastenders spin‑off E20 and for starring in Jason Statham’s 2013 action film Hummingbird, has been charged with attempting to import a commercial quantity of methamphetamine into Australia.

Authorities say the woman, 34, travelled with men from South Australia to oversee the shipment of 320 kg of meth hidden in bags of charcoal arriving at Sydney’s Port Botany from Ghana. The agents detected irregularities in the two containers and X‑rayed them, confirming the presence of a white crystalline substance that was later tested as meth.

Police seized the 320 kg of drugs before it could be delivered to a storage facility in Girraween in Sydney’s western suburbs, and later removed the containers to keep them in a secure location.

Hussen was denied bail at a preliminary hearing and is due back in court in August. The maximum penalty on the charge is life imprisonment.

The seized meth is estimated to have a street worth of A$296 million – about US$208 million – and could have financed over three million deals on Australian streets under the criminal syndicate’s plan.

Australian Federal Police stated that operatives looked beyond the disguised packaging to uncover the drugs. The Border Force and Australian Police investigated the links to the storage units rented under false identities in Adelaide, where a woman and man were also arrested and charged.