Jakub Jan Konkel Gets 13.5 Years for Smuggling $9.6 Million of Cocaine in SKIMS Load
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Updated · Fox News · May 20
Jakub Jan Konkel Gets 13.5 Years for Smuggling $9.6 Million of Cocaine in SKIMS Load
18 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 20
13 years and six months in prison was handed to Jakub Jan Konkel after U.K. authorities linked him to 90 kilogram-sized cocaine packages hidden in a truckload of SKIMS clothing.
Border Force officers stopped the 40-year-old driver at the Port of Harwich on Sept. 5 after he arrived by ferry from the Hook of Holland, then found a concealed compartment built into the trailer doors.
€4,500 was the fee Konkel admitted accepting to move the drugs; investigators said vehicle records showed an unexplained 16-minute stop before the port, where they believe the cocaine was loaded.
SKIMS products in the shipment were legitimate, and authorities said neither the exporter nor importer was accused of wrongdoing as traffickers increasingly hide narcotics inside normal commercial loads.
The National Crime Agency said the seizure cut off millions in criminal proceeds and disrupted the organized group behind the smuggling attempt.
With cocaine hidden in Skims clothing, how are legitimate supply chains exploited by international drug cartels?
As traffickers shift to smaller ports, is the UK becoming the new weak link in Europe's drug defenses?