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JERUSALEM -- Israeli police on Sunday announced a massive drug bust in which they seized over 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of Colombian cocaine concealed in coffee sacks in the northern port of Haifa.

"During a routine inspection at customs, 104 kilograms of pure cocaine was discovered in sacks of coffee imported from Colombia" and arrested nine Arab Israelis connected to the shipment, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP.

The cocaine would have had a street value of around $15 million (€10 million).

The seizure was made in May but police did not release details of it until several weeks later to keep the investigation secret, Rosenfeld said.

Police on Saturday announced a similar bust in which a Bedouin from Jordan was arrested near the Dead Sea carrying 40,000 ecstasy pills and 14 kilograms of heroin, drugs with a street value of $2 million.

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• Anwar back in Parliament, closer to being prime minister
• Merkel No. 1 on powerful women list; Arroyo, No. 41
• (UPDATE) Large quake off Canada's Vancouver Island
• Russia tests ICBM designed to overcome missile shield
• Deadly Gustav hurtles toward Jamaica