A truck driver in the UK is sentenced to more than 13 years in prison after cocaine is found hidden inside a shipment carrying Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS shapewear brand, according to multiple reports. The driver, identified as Jakub Jan Konkel (also spelled Jakub Konkel), is accused of smuggling cocaine concealed within specially adapted parts of his lorry. Authorities say the drug is hidden in compartments and the lining of the rear trailer doors while the vehicle transports a legitimate load of SKIMS clothing on pallets. Reports describe the cocaine as packaged into dozens of units, with the total weight given as about 90 kg (with some outlets citing 198 pounds). The value reported by outlets ranges from roughly £7 million to about $9.4 million, depending on the currency and conversion used. Konkel is reportedly stopped by UK border forces when the lorry arrives in eastern England from the Netherlands in September, following an investigation by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA). On Monday, a UK court imposes a sentence of about 13 to 13.5 years, depending on the outlet’s reporting.
UK HGV driver sentenced after hiding cocaine in Kim Kardashian SKIMS delivery
A truck driver in the UK is sentenced to more than 13 years in prison after cocaine is found hidden inside a shipment carrying Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS shapewear brand, according to multiple reports. Th...
- Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, is sentenced to about 13–13.5 years for cocaine smuggling.
- Cocaine is found hidden in a lorry transporting legitimate SKIMS (Kim Kardashian) clothing and pallets.
- Authorities describe the truck as specially adapted, with concealment built into the rear trailer doors/hidden compartments.
- Around 90 kg of cocaine is reported, packaged into multiple units.
- The lorry is stopped at the UK border after arriving from the Netherlands in September, following an NCA investigation.
Authorities say a truck driver hid nearly $10 million in cocaine inside a legitimate Kim Kardashian SKIMS shipment. He was sentenced to over 13 years.
3 months agoJakub Jan Konkel, 40, was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison on Monday for his role in the celebrity underwear cocaine smuggling operation.
3 months agoLorry driver Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was found to have hidden £7million worth of cocaine in hidden compartments while transporting a legitimate shipment of Kim Kardashian's underwear brand Skims
3 months agoA truck driver was sentenced to over 13 years in prison for smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of Skims, Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand.
3 months agoA British court sentenced a Polish lorry driver to more than 13 years in prison for smuggling £7 million (US$9.4 million) worth of cocaine in a shipment of underwear and clothing from Skims, Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand, authorities said on Monday. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was driving a vehicle carrying 28 pallets of Skims clothing from the Netherlands when he was stopped by border officials at a port in Essex in September. The agency said Konkel had stopped...
3 months agoA British court sentenced a truck driver to prison for smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in the shipment.
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