Police find cocaine worth $9.3 million stashed in a shipment of Kim Kardashian brand underwear
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Key Points:
- Jakub Jan Konkel, a 40-year-old truck driver, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for smuggling 90 kilograms of cocaine valued at £7 million ($9.4 million) hidden in a shipment of Kim Kardashian's Skims clothing.
- The drugs were concealed in specially adapted compartments in the back doors of the truck, which was carrying 28 pallets of legitimate Skims underwear and clothing from the Netherlands.
- Authorities at an Essex port stopped the truck in September, and the National Crime Agency confirmed that neither the clothing exporter nor importer were involved in the drug smuggling.
- Konkel admitted to transporting the cocaine in exchange for a payment of 4,500 euros ($5,243).