Dutch police have seized more than 1.6 tonnes of cocaine hidden in shipments of bananas, cocoa and cement in the port of Rotterdam.

Prosecutors said the drugs, worth about 127 million of EUR, were hidden in three containers that arrived at Europe's largest port.

"The first container came from Ecuador and was loaded with bananas destined for a company in Barendrecht, near Rotterdam”, prosecutors said.

A third container, loaded with cement for Portugal, contained five sports bags full of drugs.

"The drugs in the second container were found in a shipment of cocoa beans, also from Ecuador, but which had transited through Colombia and then arrived via Antwer", the prosecutors added.

Seizures have risen sharply this year in the port of Rotterdam, which is already considered one of Europe's main ports for drugs, particularly cocaine.