Customs officers have seized more than 90kg of cocaine at the Malta Freeport, the latest of a series of major hauls over the past months.

Packets containing 91.6kg of the drug were found hidden inside compressor compartments of refrigerated containers containing fruit that were headed to an EU member state from an unnamed south American country.

The drugs have an estimated street value of €10.2 million.

Scans of the two containers clearly indicated that they were carrying unknown packets, Customs said in a statement on Sunday. A physical search confirmed indications, with 38 packets of cocaine found hidden in each of the two containers.

The case has now been handed over to the police’s anti drug squad. A magistrate is leading an inquiry into the case.

Customs officials have made some major cocaine finds over the past months. In March, officials found almost €40m worth of the drug in two separate finds, with a further €11m haul in February and €9.7m find at the turn of the year.

The cocaine was found inside packets hidden in the containers.The cocaine was found inside packets hidden in the containers.

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