SEVEN people have been arrested in Australia after US authorities seized drugs worth more than $31 million hidden in a consignment of foot spas and massage chairs.

FORT PAYNE, Ala.- A DeKalb County man faces charges after he allegedly assaulted a Fort Payne police officer during a standoff.

Police say they seized crack cocaine, ecstasy tablets, a gun and more than $23,000 in cash with the arrests of two men in Lancaster Friday.

Two Goshen men are in jail and the 2,000 marijuana plants they allegedly cultivated have been pulled up by police.

What began as a report of suspicious activity at Calgary's Chinook Centre led to a foot chase, an arrest involving a stun gun and the seizure of $30,000 worth of cocaine.