(CNN) German authorities say they have seized nearly 5 tons of cocaine worth over $1 billion, the largest cocaine seizure in the country's history.

Authorities made the haul in Hamburg, a northern port city. The container, labeled as containing soybeans, was from Uruguay and was heading to Antwerp, Belgium.

The haul had an estimated street value of nearly 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion).

Instead of soybeans, authorities found over 200 black duffel bags stuffed with 4,200 packets of cocaine.

"This outstanding success proves once again how powerfully German customs fight crime," Rolf Bösinger, state secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, said in a statement

The cocaine has been destroyed.

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