Truck Driver Busted Smuggling $8M in Cocaine Hidden Inside Kim Kardashian’s Skims Shipment
A truck loaded with clothing from Skims turned into the center of a massive drug bust after authorities discovered millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine hidden inside a secret compartment. Polish truck driver Jakub Jan…
A truck loaded with clothing from Skims turned into the center of a massive drug bust after authorities discovered millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine hidden inside a secret compartment.
Polish truck driver Jakub Jan Konkel was sentenced Monday to 13 years and six months behind bars after admitting to smuggling nearly 200 pounds of cocaine into England, according to the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency.
Investigators said the 40-year-old was transporting 28 pallets of legitimate Skims merchandise from the Netherlands when he arrived by ferry at the Port of Harwich in Essex last September.
The New York Post reported that Border Force officers became suspicious and subjected the truck to an X-ray inspection.
That search allegedly uncovered a concealed compartment built into the rear doors of the truck where Konkel had hidden 90 tightly wrapped packages of cocaine.
Authorities estimated the drugs had a street value of roughly $8.4 million.
Officials said the shipment of clothing itself was completely legitimate and stressed that neither the exporter nor the importer of the Skims products was involved in the drug operation.
According to investigators, Konkel picked up the cocaine during a stop made along the route before sneaking the packages into the modified compartment.