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A British histrion has been charged with attempting to smuggle 700 pounds of methamphetamine into Australia from West Africa, according to CBS News' spouse web the BBC.
Emaa Hussen, 34, who appeared successful the 2013 enactment thriller "Redemption" with Jason Statham, and a spin-off of the U.K.'s long-running bid EastEnders successful 2010, appeared successful a Sydney tribunal Thursday to look accusations of trying to bring $208 cardinal worthy of meth into the country.
Police person said the drugs were hidden successful bags of charcoal loaded into shipping containers sent from Ghana, according to the BBC. The maximum punishment Hussen could look is beingness imprisonment.
A record photograph shows methamphetamine seized by the Australian Federal Police, connected show successful Sydney, May 15, 2015.
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The drugs seizure "has prevented a imaginable 3.2 cardinal deals from reaching Australian streets," Acting Superintendent Trevor Robinson, of the Australian Federal Police, said successful a statement.
"Criminal syndicates volition spell to large lengths to disguise illicit drugs, including embedding them successful mundane goods similar charcoal, but our highly skilled officers are trained to spot beyond these attempts," said Border Force Superintendent Jared Leighton.
"A achromatic crystalized substance"
Australian constabulary archetypal launched their probe successful April aft uncovering a "white crystalized substance" successful 2 shipping containers sent from Ghana to Sydney's Port Botany. They said Hussen helped respective men unpacked the containers, past load the goods into a vehicle. They drove to a location wherever constabulary arrested Hussen.
Police recovered 32 bags astatine the house, according to Australia's 9News.
A South African couple, 30 and 32 years old, were besides arrested for utilizing mendacious identities to rent retention units.
Hussen has been refused bail and has different tribunal day successful August.
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