- A Polish man has been sentenced for smuggling cocaine in a Skims shipment.
- Jakub Jan Konkel allegedly accepted $5,230 to transport around 200 lbs of blow.
- A court in the United Kingdom sentenced him to 13 and a half years in prison.
Kim Kardashian got famous for not wearing anything, but that didn’t stop her from launching a clothing company called Skims. It’s best known for offering bras, underwear, and swimwear.
That’s a far cry from the automotive world, but the two are randomly colliding as the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency has revealed a semi driver has been sentenced for smuggling around £7.2 ($9.7) million worth of cocaine in a Skims shipment. That’s a lot of blow in some panties.
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The Chelmsford Crown Court sentenced 40-year-old Jakub Jan Konkel to 13 and a half years in prison for the crime. According to authorities, he was stopped by Border Force officers at the Port of Harwich after arriving on a ferry from The Netherlands.
During the encounter, Konkel’s vehicle was inspected and found to be carrying 28 pallets of Skims clothing. However, an x-ray revealed the truck had been modified with a smuggler’s box.
Authorities said the compartment was hidden between the skin of the rear doors and, when they opened it, officials found 90 packages each containing 2.2lbs (1 kg) of cocaine.
National Crime Agency
That’s a lot of booger sugar and an investigation found an undeclared 16-minute stop in Konkel’s route, which is where it’s believed the drugs were loaded onto the vehicle. The Polish driver reportedly played dumb, but eventually confessed to smuggling the drugs in exchange for $5,230 (€4,500). Given the steep sentence, he only got $387 (€333) for every year he’ll spend in jail.
The National Crime Agency’s operations manager said, “Organized crime groups use corrupt drivers like Konkel to move Class A drugs often hidden on entirely legitimate loads such as this.” Paul Orchard added, “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.”
