Cocaine stash found in shipment of Kim Kardashian's SKIMS brand underwear
· Toronto Sun
A Polish truck driver has been sent to prison for smuggling more than $12 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS underwear and clothing line.
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The U.K. National Crime Agency said Jakub Jan Konkel was driving a truck carrying 28 pallets of SKIMS clothing from the Netherlands when he was stopped by border officials at Harwich International Port in Essex on Sept. 4.
Konkel said he had agreed to transport the drugs for a payment of 4,500 euros (C$ 7,193), according to the agency.
“Organized crime groups use corrupt drivers like Konkel to move Class A drugs often on hidden entirely legitimate loads such as this,” NCA operations manager Paul Orchard said. “The detection and investigation have removed a significant amount of cocaine whose profits are lost to the crime group behind the smuggling attempt, and with Konkel they’ve lost an important enabler.
The 40-year-old was sentenced to 13-and-half years in prison at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday. Chelmsford is about 66 km northeast of London.
The total weight of the drugs was 90 kilograms. The illicit drugs, wrapped in one-kilo packages, were concealed in a compartment of the truck’s back doors.
SKIMS not involved
The Border Force said the shipment of SKIMS was legitimate and neither the exporter nor importer were connected in any way to the shipment of drugs.
“SKIMS is aware of the recent news involving a shipment with our products,” a company representative told TMZ. “We want to be absolutely clear: SKIMS had no knowledge whatsoever about this criminal activity. We had no connection to the smuggling operation, the driver, or the truck.”
The NCA is the sharp end of the spear in the U.K.’s fight to eliminate organized crime, protecting the public by targeting and pursuing those criminals who pose the greatest risk to the British Isles.
“This significant interception is testament to the brilliant work of Border Force, depriving criminal networks of millions in profit,” Orchard said. “We continue to work round the clock to relentlessly pursue criminality. Protect our borders and keep these dangerous drugs off our streets.”