EastEnders actress arrested in drugs bust after ‘trying to smuggle meth’

Actress Emaa Hussen has been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle 320kg of meth into Australia.

The 34-year-old actress, best known for appearing as Naz in EastEnders spin-off E20, was caught in a £160million drug bust in Sydney.

The meth was allegedly hidden in bags of charcoal shipped from Ghana, West Africa, which were discovered by local police at Port Botany.

Hussen faces life in prison after being charged with attempting to smuggle the drugs into Australia, alongside a couple from Adelaide who were charged in April

The shipment was delivered to a storage facility in Girraween, but Board Force Officers had already been on alert and X-rayed the consignment.

Inside, they reportedly discovered ‘a white crystallised substance’, which later tested positive for methamphetamine.

Hussen allegedly unpacked the drugs with other suspects and drove to a property in Blacktown, where police arrested her.

According to The Sun, investigators claimed to have found 32 bags in the home, which were the same as those used to hide the drugs.

Police then seized electronic devices and a notebook pending further investigation and took Hussen to jail, where she will remain until her next court appearance in August.

Local police said: ‘The seizure of these drugs – with an estimated street value of $296 million – has prevented a potential 3.2 million deals from reaching Australian streets and demonstrates the AFP’s ability to operate seamlessly across borders.’

They added: ‘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.’

Hussen has not acted since 2013, when she appeared in Redemption (also known as Hummingbird) alongside Jason Statham.

Before this, she appeared in series two of short-lived EastEnders spin-off E20, which aired from 2010 to 2011.