$8.4M of cocaine discovered in shipment of Kim Kardashian brand underwear

A Polish truck driver was despatched to the slammer for smuggling over $8 million price of cocaine in a shipment of underwear and clothes from Kim Kardashian’s “Skims” brand.

Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in jail on Monday for stashing a slew of medicine inside his truck carrying 28 pallets of Skims clothes from the Netherlands, according to the National Crime Agency.

Konkel, from northern Poland, was stopped by Border Force officers on the Port of Harwich in Essex, England, as he arrived on a ferry along with his truck full of the well-known shapewear final September, the company stated.

After X-raying his automobile, investigators discovered the truck driver had stopped on the journey to select up 90 packages of cocaine, totaling 198 kilos. He then snuck the wrapped bundles right into a specifically tailored compartment in the truck’s again doorways.

The avenue worth of the cocaine was estimated to be roughly $8.4 million, investigators decided.

The Skims shipment was official, and neither the exporter nor the importer of the clothes was related with the smuggling operation, officers added.

Konkel initially denied understanding something in regards to the stash of cocaine, however finally confessed to agreeing to smuggling the medicine for 4,500 Euros, or roughly $5,276.

“These drugs destroy lives and inflict misery on our communities,” Border Force Assistant Director Jason Thorn stated in an announcement.

“This significant interception is testament to the brilliant work of Border Force, depriving criminal networks of millions for profit,” he added.

“We continue to work around the clock to relentlessly pursue criminality, protect our borders, and keep these dangerous drugs off our streets.”