Australian police have charged a British actress suspected of involvement in a methamphetamine smuggling operation that concealed 320 kilograms of "ice" inside charcoal bags from Ghana, worth nearly 300 million Australian dollars.
A British actress has been charged in Australia after police accused her of involvement in an attempt to smuggle 320 kilograms of methamphetamine, or "ice," from West Africa into Australia. This drug shipment has a market value approaching 300 million Australian dollars.
Police stated that 34-year-old Emma Husson, who appeared in the EastEnders: E20 spin-off series and Jason Statham action films, faces charges of attempting to import commercial quantities of methamphetamine into Australia, a crime punishable by life imprisonment.
Husson appeared in a Sydney court last Thursday, accused of collaborating with a married couple from South Australia to smuggle drugs from Ghana, concealed inside charcoal bags packed within a shipping container.
Officials estimate the total market value of the drugs at approximately 296 million Australian dollars, or about 208 million U.S. dollars.
The investigation began in April after customs officials detected anomalies in two shipping containers arriving from Ghana at Port Botany in Sydney.
X-ray inspections revealed white crystalline substances hidden inside the containers, officially documented as bags of charcoal. Samples were tested and confirmed to be methamphetamine.
Police seized all the drugs from the containers before transferring the evidence to a warehouse in Sydney's western suburbs.
Authorities allege Husson visited the warehouse and supervised while several men unloaded the cargo, then transported some bags by vehicle to a house in Blacktown, where police later arrested her.
Police also confiscated electronic devices and notebooks as evidence.
Additionally, police arrested a 30-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man in Adelaide, South Australia, accused of using false information to rent storage space in Sydney, which was used as a drug drop-off point.
Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Trevor Robinson said the seizure prevented ice worth 296 million Australian dollars from reaching the market, potentially averting over 3.2 million sales.
Australian Border Force officer Jared Layton praised the search teams, noting that criminal groups often hide drugs in everyday goods like charcoal, but officers are trained to detect such irregularities.
. Source:BBC
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