Dutch authorities on Friday seized nearly three tons of hashish that was left behind by occupants of a van after a crash. When officials reached the scene, many of the packets of the drug were scattered all across the road and the suspects had fled the scene.

"It's not something you see every day," police spokesman Hielke Vogelzang told the AP, adding that investigators were searching for the driver of the van and the passenger.

The crash happened Friday morning when the van hit a barrier, turned over and hit another car before coming to a rest, the police said.

According to eyewitnesses, no one was hurt in the incident and that the two men instantly fled the scene.

In the Netherlands, soft drugs such as hashish and marijuana are openly sold at so-called coffee shops, though they are only allowed to sell individual customers the amount allowed for personal use. However, they sometimes turn to illegal suppliers for bigger stocks.