Belgian authorities said on Friday they had seized almost five tons of cocaine stashed in shipping containers at Antwerp port, as part of a cross-border investigation into a drug-trafficking ring.

It followed the discovery of a huge haul of cocaine worth £80 million recovered as part of a National Crime Agency investigation. The drugs found in the container The 847.5 kg of the class A drug ...

According to the Federal Police, Operation Decontamination has already carried out six cocaine seizures in Brazil and abroad, totaling about 3.5 tons of the drug.