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UK police find cocaine worth $9.3 million stashed in a shipment of Kim Kardashian brand underwear
Authorities said the truck carried 90 kilograms of cocaine in a hidden compartment, and Konkel was paid 4,500 euros for the smuggling run.
- On Monday, Chelmsford Crown Court sentenced Jakub Jan Konkel, a 40-year-old Polish truck driver, to 13 years and six months in prison for smuggling cocaine hidden within a SKIMS clothing shipment.
- Border Force officers uncovered the smuggling attempt on September 5, 2025, at the Port of Harwich in Essex using X-ray scanning to detect a false compartment built into the trailer's rear doors.
- Roughly $8.4 million in cocaine consisting of 90 packages was seized; investigators believe the drugs were loaded during a 16-minute stop Konkel failed to disclose to law enforcement.
- SKIMS stated the company had 'no knowledge whatsoever' of the criminal activity and confirmed the 28-pallet shipment was legitimate with no connection to the driver or smuggling operation.
- National Crime Agency operations manager Paul Orchard said, 'Organised crime groups use corrupt drivers like Konkel to move Class A drugs often hidden on entirely legitimate loads such as this.
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Truck driver sentenced after nearly $10M in cocaine found hidden inside Kim Kardashian SKIMS shipment – Democratic Accent
A truck driver in England was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison after authorities said they found nearly $10 million worth of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS clothing brand. Investigators said the SKIMS shipment itself was legitimate and that neither the exporter nor importer was accused of wrongdoing. Representatives for SKIMS and Kardashian did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for commen…
Truck driver sentenced after nearly $10M in cocaine found hidden inside Kim Kardashian SKIMS shipment
Truck driver Jakub Jan Konkel was sentenced to over 13 years in prison after U.K. authorities found nearly $10 million worth of cocaine hidden inside a Kim Kardashian SKIMS shipment.
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