http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20918342-2,00.html
YOUNG Muslim leader Iktimal Hage-Ali - a handpicked adviser to the Prime Minister - was arrested but released without charge in a cocaine bust eight days before receiving the NSW Young Australian of the Year award.
The Daily Telegraph reports today Ms Hage-Ali, 22, was one of four people arrested by detectives from the Middle Eastern organised crime squad on November 22.
She was arrested at her Punchbowl home and taken to Bankstown police station, where she was questioned over a cocaine supply ring allegedly operating in Sydney's southwest.
After the interview she was released. No charges were laid and she and has insisted she has done nothing wrong.
Ms Hage-Ali began a blog on youth and multiculturalism on NEWS.com.au this week titled It's My Country Too. The column will be continuing.
Police seized what is believed to be prohibited drugs, cash and ammunition from several of the homes in the raids. Ms Hage-Ali's home was not searched.
She had been identified by police as a suspect, according to the Telegraph.
Ms Hage-Ali vehemently denied any involvement or links to alleged drug suppliers when approached by the Telegraph last week.