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June 19, 2026 / 11:47 AM EDT
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A British actress has been charged with attempting to smuggle 700 pounds of methamphetamine into Australia from West Africa, according to CBS News' partner network the BBC.Emaa Hussen, 34, who appeared in the 2013 action thriller "Redemption" with Jason Statham, and a spin-off of the U.K.'s long-running series EastEnders in 2010, appeared in a Sydney court Thursday to face accusations of trying to bring $208 million worth of meth into the country.Police have said the drugs were hidden in bags of charcoal loaded into shipping containers sent from Ghana, according to the BBC. The maximum penalty Hussen could face is life imprisonment.
