Police have charged seven people in Melbourne and Sydney over a drug importation worth more than $31 million.

Police have charged seven people in Melbourne and Sydney over a drug importation worth more than $31 million.."Three of those arrests are in Sydney - a 23-year-old Padstow woman, a 24-year-old Prestons man and a 23-year-old man from Punchbowl.They've all been charged with drug importation and possession and will face court in Melbourne today.
Authorities in the United States detected the drugs in a shipment to Australia in May.93 kilograms of ecstasy, 46 kilograms of cocaine and 27 kilograms of ice were removed from the container housing massage chairs and spa baths.Australian Federal Police monitored the consignment to an address in Melbourne's west - they've now arrested seven people.The arrests follow a similar seizure of drugs also hidden in a consignment of foot spas in Melbourne last month.
AFP national manager border and international Tim Morris said the latest arrests were a significant result."The range of illegal commodities within this consignment and the work of the US authorities highlight the organised nature of international drug smuggling and the priority it is given by the AFP and law enforcement internationally," assistant commissioner Morris said."This seizure has saved the Australian community more than $48 million in associated health and social costs and the AFP will continue to work with its partners in Australia and around the world to combat the trade in illicit narcotics