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UK jails driver for smuggling cocaine in shipment of Kim Kardashian underwear

South China Morning Post · · 211 words · By Associated Press
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“A British court sentenced a Polish lorry driver to more than 13 years in prison for smuggling £7 million (US$9.4 million) worth of cocaine in a shipment of underwear and clothing from Skims, Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Standard, Chronicle Live, and others via web search) confirm a Polish lorry driver was jailed for over 13 years for smuggling cocaine worth approximately £7 million hidden in a Skims shipment.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of the Ukrainian minority in Poland dates back to the Late Middle Ages, preceding the 14th century Galicia–Volhynia Wars between Casimir III the Great of Poland, and Liubartas of Lithuania…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable Jamaican British people.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stone skipping and stone skimming are the arts of throwing a flat stone across water in such a way (usually sidearm) that it bounces off the surface. "Skipping" counts the number of bounces; "skimming…
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“The National Crime Agency (NCA) said Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was driving a vehicle carrying 28 pallets of Skims clothing from the Netherlands when he was stopped by border officials at a port in Essex in September.”
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Three independent web search results confirm Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was stopped at a port in Essex (specifically Harwich) in September while transporting 28 pallets of Skims clothing from the Netherlands.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jakub Konkel collected the drugs in Belgium and drove them to the UK, via the Netherlands. A lorry driver who smuggled £7.2m of cocaine in a shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims clothing has been jailed f…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgp57gdvgyo
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web search NEUTRAL — Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years for concealing 90kg of the drug, worth £7m, alongside a legitimate load of Skims underwear.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/national-crime-agency-kim…
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web search NEUTRAL — Border officers found 90kg of the drug when they stopped Jakub Konkel's truck at Harwich International Port, Essex, on 4 September. The 40-year-old had hidden the cocaine within a legitimate delivery …
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgp57gdvgyo
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“The agency said Konkel had stopped on the way to collect 90kg (198 pounds) of cocaine”
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Multiple sources confirm the quantity of cocaine was 90kg (approximately 198 pounds) and that Konkel collected the drugs during his transit (specifically in Belgium).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maria Znamierowska-Prüfferowa (1898–1990) was a Polish ethnographer, professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, founder and long-term director of the Toruń Ethnographic Museum, posthumo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Znamierowska-Prüfferowa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 Polish Finswimming Championships in long-distance - a finswimming competition held on September 6, 2020 in Wdzydze. Athletes competed in two events in each age category and in one relay also …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_long-distance_Finswimmi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jakub Konkel collected the drugs in Belgium and drove them to the UK, via the Netherlands. A lorry driver who smuggled £7.2m of cocaine in a shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims clothing has been jailed f…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgp57gdvgyo
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“the truck had been specially adapted so that he could hide the drugs, wrapped in packages, in a compartment of the truck’s back doors.”
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The Straits Times and other web search results explicitly state the truck was specially adapted with a hide constructed in the skin of the rear trailer doors to conceal the drugs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maria Znamierowska-Prüfferowa (1898–1990) was a Polish ethnographer, professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, founder and long-term director of the Toruń Ethnographic Museum, posthumo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Znamierowska-Prüfferowa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 Polish Finswimming Championships in long-distance - a finswimming competition held on September 6, 2020 in Wdzydze. Athletes competed in two events in each age category and in one relay also …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_long-distance_Finswimmi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Konkel, who initially denied knowing anything about the cocaine, eventually confessed he had agreed to transport the drugs for a payment of 4,500 euros ($5,243), according to the agency. He was senten…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cocaine-shipment-kim-kardashian…
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“The agency said the shipment of clothing was legitimate and neither the exporter nor importer were connected to the smuggled load.”
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Chronicle Live, Irish Mirror, and other sources confirm the Skims shipment was legitimate and that the importer and exporter were not involved in the smuggling operation.
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web search NEUTRAL — The driver concealed the drugs in a legitimate shipment of the Kim Kardashian co-founded brand. Carrington Walker Live News Journalist. 14:50, 18 May 2026.The load was entirely legitimate and neither …
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/polish-lorry-dr…
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web search NEUTRAL — The agency said the shipment of clothing was legitimate and neither the exporter nor importer were connected to the smuggled load. Konkel, who initially denied knowing anything about the cocaine, even…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cocaine-shipment-kim-kardashian…
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web search NEUTRAL — The lorry was carrying a legitimate load of 28 pallets of Skims clothing, but unbeknownst to the importer or exporter, Konkel had stopped en route to collect 90kg of cocaine.
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/kim-kardashian-sk…
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“Konkel said he had agreed to move the drugs for a payment of €4,500 (US$5,243)”
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Web search results (including a report citing the agency) confirm Konkel confessed to agreeing to transport the drugs for a payment of 4,500 euros ($5,243).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maria Znamierowska-Prüfferowa (1898–1990) was a Polish ethnographer, professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, founder and long-term director of the Toruń Ethnographic Museum, posthumo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Znamierowska-Prüfferowa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 Polish Finswimming Championships in long-distance - a finswimming competition held on September 6, 2020 in Wdzydze. Athletes competed in two events in each age category and in one relay also …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_long-distance_Finswimmi…
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“He was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in prison for drug smuggling at Chelmsford Crown Court following the NCA investigation.”
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Multiple sources, including The Standard, confirm that Jakub Jan Konkel was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in prison at Chelmsford Crown Court.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in prison at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday for drug smuggling, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/national-crime-agency-kim…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, has been sentenced to 13-and-a-half years.“The detection and investigation have removed a significant amount of cocaine whose profits are lost to the crime group behind the smugg…
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/driver-jai…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jakub Konkel collected the drugs in Belgium and drove them to the UK, via the Netherlands. A lorry driver who smuggled £7.2m of cocaine in a shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims clothing has been jailed f…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgp57gdvgyo
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