Dutch authorities have discovered cocaine worth €8.5m ($9.9m) on a Golden Ocean Group bulker in Rotterdam.

The AD website reported that 115 kg of the drugs were found stashed in an anchor-chain locker on the John Fredriksen-controlled 180,000-dwt Golden Calvus (built 2018) on 15 October.

Customs officers said the capesize was loaded with coal from Colombia and was due to be unloaded in the Dutch port.