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.Prosecutors said eight people were detained following searches carried out in Belgium and the Netherlands earlier this month.

Approximately 4.78 metric tons (5.26 US tons) of cocaine were discovered by Belgian investigators in containers at the port of Antwerp, as part of a major organized crime case, according to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Brussels.