UNDATED (CBS) -- It's the largest cocaine catch ever in the Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg): In port city Antwerp, Belgium, more than eight tons, with a street value of over half a billion dollars, were discovered by police officials.
The drugs, nearly 7,000 packages, destined for the Netherlands, were hidden under a load of bananas aboard a freighter from Ecuador.
The police followed the transport from Antwerp to the Dutch port city of Rotterdam and arrested five people when they, a Belgian driver and four people from Rotterdam, began to unload, They were all arraigned Friday afternoon at the magistrate in Rotterdam.
The bananas, which served as a cover, were also seized and have been given to Rotterdam's Blijdorp Zoo.