On Thursday, Belgian customs seized a consignment of more than 5 tons of cocaine in the port of Antwerp.

The drugs were hidden in a container with bananas from Ecuador, Belgian customs reported in a press release on Thursday afternoon. According to the service, the cocaine represents a street value of 250 million euros.

In April, Belgian customs intercepted a total of 27.64 tons of cocaine in the port of Antwerp in collaboration with the police and the judiciary. The parties of drugs could then be linked directly to the cracked chat service Sky ECC, according to the public prosecutor in Antwerp.