£7m cocaine haul found hidden in shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims underwear
Police found £7million of cocaine stashed in a shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims underwear.
The drugs were being smuggled in the back of Jakub Jan Konkel’s lorry when he was stopped by Border Force at Harwich port in Essex.
Officers searched the trailer and found 28 pallets of Skims clothing, which is made by reality megastar Kim.
They then discovered 90kg of cocaine – worth around £7m – stashed in a hidden compartment in the rear trailer doors.
Konkel admitted he had agreed to transport the cocaine for a payment of 4,500 euro (£3,914).
He had travelled on a ferry from the Netherlands on September 5 last year after picking up the drugs.
Konkel has now been jailed for 13-and-a-half years at Chelmsford Crown Court for drug smuggling.
NCA operations manager Paul Orchard said: “Organised crime groups use corrupt drivers like Konkel to move class A drugs often hidden on entirely legitimate loads such as this.
“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.
“The NCA works with partners at home and abroad to protect the public from the threat of class A drugs, which are at the epicentre of huge amounts of crime and suffering in UK communities.”
Border Force assistant director Jason Thorn added: “These drugs destroy lives and inflict misery on our communities.
“This significant interception is testament to the brilliant work of Border Force, depriving criminal networks of millions in profit.”
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