Kim Kardashian breaks her silence after a truck carrying SKIMS products was busted for trafficking $9.5 million worth of cocaine.
The case gained international attention after the driver was sentenced to 13 years in prison in the UK. Last September, the driver, Jakub Jan Konkel, was stopped by Border Force officers at the Port of Harwich in Essex after arriving in the Netherlands via a ferry.
According to reports, officials stated that the truck was carrying 28 pallets of “authentic SKIMS underwear and apparel. Investigators would later discover the 90 one-kilogram packages of cocaine, which were hidden in the trailer doors.
Authorities estimated that the drugs were worth £7.2 million or $9.5 million. Konkel later revealed that he agreed to transport the drugs for £4,500 although he denied knowing that the drugs were hidden in the truck.
In a statement, a SKIMS representative stated that the company was not involved in the operation. “SKIMS is aware of the recent news involving a shipment with our products. We want to be absolutely clear: SKIMS had no knowledge whatsoever about this criminal activity. We had no connection to the smuggling operation, the driver, or the truck.”
The National Crime Agency believes that the drugs were loaded onto the truck during the “undeclared 16-minute stop,” which was recorded on the truck’s tachograph data.