Event Brief
Truck driver jailed for hiding cocaine in Skims shipment
Filed: May 18, 2026 at 8:03 PM ET
Summary: A British court sentenced Jakub Jan Konkel to over 13 years for smuggling cocaine hidden in Skims clothing.
WHO: Jakub Jan Konkel; National Crime Agency
WHAT: Konkel was sentenced to over 13 years in prison for smuggling cocaine hidden in a truck shipment of Skims clothing.
WHEN: May 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM ET
WHERE: Essex, England
WHY: He was stopped at a port in Essex in September with cocaine hidden in a compartment of the truck’s back doors.
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