NSW woman claims ignorance of plot to smuggle fugitive bikie out of Australia

Police believe three people were trying to smuggle a man out of the country by sailing a yacht from the Exmouth coast. (Supplied: AFP)

A NSW woman involved in an alleged plot to smuggle a fugitive Queensland bikie out of the country has been granted bail.

Fatma Skaf, 40, was arrested on Monday driving between Exmouth and Karratha, having allegedly driven the fugitive and two alleged accomplices to the remote tourist town.

A New South Wales woman embroiled in an alleged plot to smuggle fugitive Queensland bikie Dylan Cvek out of the country has been released on bail on a $100,000 surety.

Fatma Skaf, 40, was arrested on Monday morning while driving between Exmouth and Karratha, about 1,000km north of Perth in Western Australia's remote North West.

Her arrest came after officers from WA's Joint Organised Crime Taskforce stopped a luxury yacht 50km off the coast of Exmouth, with Mr Cvek and fellow Queenslanders Cass Williams and Jessica Beckett on board.

Mr Cvek has since been extradited to Queensland to face multiple charges, while Ms Skaf, Ms Williams and Ms Beckett have all been charged with attempted people smuggling.

It is the first time anyone in WA has been charged with the offence, with Ms Skaf facing the Karratha Magistrate's Court today for an initial hearing.

WA police intercepted a luxury yacht off the coast of Exmouth and arrested three people (Supplied: AFP)

Prosecutors alleged Ms Skaf drove Mr Cvek the 550km from Karratha to Exmouth, where she dropped him off at the local boat ramp in the early hours of the morning.

The court was told the 40-year-old woman travelled to WA expecting to have an "intimate relationship" with Mr Cvek.

Defence counsel Adam Oswald said she had no idea the Queensland man was a fugitive, or had any knowledge of the alleged plot to spirit him out of the country.

Instead, Mr Oswald said she had been drawn to WA by the promise of an all-expenses paid holiday.

The court heard Fatma Skaf thought she would have an intimate relationship with the alleged fugitive. (Supplied: AFP)

Prosecutor Shaz Naidu told the court Ms Skaf had changed her story after her arrest, after initially telling police she was in the area for sightseeing.

She later alleged she was punched in the sternum and taken to Exmouth under duress.

Ms Naidu said the prosecution was in the early stages of collecting evidence, but was reviewing devices including a laptop found in Ms Skaf's car believed to belong to Mr Cvek, and Ms Skaf's phone.

Setting Ms Skaf's surety at $100,000, magistrate Cillian Stockdale told the court he was reassured by Ms