198 pounds of cocaine found hidden in Kim Kardashian brand underwear
A truck driver was sentenced to prison for smuggling cocaine hidden in a shipment of Kim Kardashian's Skims underwear. The National Crime Agency reported that the driver, Jakub Jan Konkel, had concealed 198 pounds of cocaine in a specially adapted compartment of his truck. He was sentenced to 13½ years in prison after confessing to transporting the drugs for payment.
- ▪Jakub Jan Konkel was caught smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of Skims clothing.
- ▪The cocaine was hidden in a compartment of the truck's back doors, wrapped in 1-kilogram packages.
- ▪Konkel initially denied knowledge of the drugs but later confessed to transporting them for a fee of 4,500 euros.
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Crime Cocaine worth $9.4 million found hidden in shipment of Kim Kardashian brand underwear in U.K. May 18, 2026 / 1:45 PM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google A British court sentenced a truck driver to prison for smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of underwear and clothing from Skims, Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand, authorities said Monday.The National Crime Agency said Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was driving a truck 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 on the way to collect 90 kilograms (198 pounds) of cocaine, and that the truck had been specially adapted so that he could hide the drugs, wrapped in 1-kilogram (2.2-pound) packages, in a…
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