In the UK, a truck driver was convicted of smuggling cocaine hidden in a shipment of Skims clothing
In the United Kingdom, a court sentenced a truck driver to 13.5 years in prison for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth approximately £7 million ($9.4 million). The drugs were hidden in a shipment of clothing from the Skims brand, owned by Kim Kardashian.
This was reported by the AP.
According to the National Crime Agency (NCA), 40-year-old Jakub Jan Konkel was transporting a truck with 28 pallets of Skims underwear and clothing from the Netherlands when he was stopped by border guards at a port in Essex.
The investigation revealed that 90 kilograms of cocaine, packaged in 1-kilogram bags, were hidden in the truck’s rear door compartment.
According to the NCA, the clothing shipment was legal, and neither the exporter nor the importer was involved in the smuggling.
Konkel himself stated that he agreed to transport the drugs for a fee of 4,500 euros.
As a result, he was sentenced to 13.5 years in prison by the Chelmsford Crown Court for drug smuggling.
Earlier, customs officials at Colombo International Airport discovered a large shipment of “Kush” marijuana in the luggage of a group of 22 monks who had arrived on a flight from Thailand. The drugs, weighing a total of 110 kilograms, were hidden in the double walls of the passengers’ suitcases.
At Cologne/Bonn Airport, German customs officials discovered approximately 25 kilograms of ketamine hidden inside gold-painted garden gnome figurines.
In France, a court handed down sentences to two former Paris police officers who had stolen confiscated cocaine.
