UK Police Say They Recovered $9.3 Million Worth of Cocaine Hidden With a Kim Kardashian SKIMS Underwear Shipment, Totaling 198 Pounds

National Crime Agency. Chelmsford Crown Court. May 18, 2026 sentencing on a September 2025 stop.

Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, Polish lorry driver, ferry from Hook of Holland into Harwich, Essex. Twenty-eight pallets of SKIMS garments on a legitimate commercial run. Border officers X-rayed the vehicle. They found about 90 kilograms — the 198 pounds in the headline — of cocaine. Street value in the NCA/CBS band sits around $9.3–$9.6 million / £7.2 million.

NCA’s line, repeated across CBS, People, and the agency’s own release: the clothing shipment was genuine. Neither the exporter nor the importer was tied to the drugs. SKIMS was cover, not a co-conspirator. Kardashian’s company is not charged in the coverage.

Konkel first denied knowledge, then admitted he took the job for about €4,500. That is a rounding error against the street number. He was sentenced to 13 years and six months for smuggling.

Organised groups, the NCA said, use corrupt drivers and clean freight. That is the warning they wanted on the page. The brand name is why the story left the crime blotter. The conviction is why it is not a rumor.

No one in the official account puts Kim, SKIMS staff, or the fashion houses on the dock. A truck, a paid driver, a court. The photo is a SKIMS wall and a peace sign. The case is a man who sold a day of his life for five thousand euros and bought more than a decade.