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£7m cocaine haul hidden in Skims lorry ends with 13½-year jail term
crime5 days ago

£7m cocaine haul hidden in Skims lorry ends with 13½-year jail term

Polish driver Jakub Jan Konkel was jailed for 13 years and six months after £7m worth of cocaine was found hidden inside a rear-door hide in a lorry delivering Skims underwear. The 90 packages of 1kg cocaine were discovered at the Port of Harwich during a concealed loading during a 16‑minute stop not declared in interview. Konkel admitted agreeing to smuggle the drugs for €4,500, with authorities noting such drivers enable organised crime and the seizure disrupts criminal networks.

via National Crime Agency|
#border-force#cocaine#crime
UK sentences trucker over multimillion-dollar cocaine found in SKIMS clothing shipment
world5 days ago

UK sentences trucker over multimillion-dollar cocaine found in SKIMS clothing shipment

A Polish truck driver, Jakub Jan Konkel, was sentenced to 13½ years in the UK for smuggling nearly 200 pounds of cocaine—worth about $9.4 million—inside a 28-pallet shipment of Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS clothing from the Netherlands to Essex. Authorities say the drugs were hidden in a back-door compartment and loaded during a 16-minute stop at Hook of Holland; Konkel was paid about $5,243. The UK National Crime Agency stressed that the clothing importers/exporters involved in the shipment were not implicated and the cargo was otherwise legitimate.

via Chicago Tribune|
#cocaine#drug-trafficking#kim-kardashian
Cocaine hidden in Skims shipment earns driver 13.5-year sentence
crime6 days ago

Cocaine hidden in Skims shipment earns driver 13.5-year sentence

Jakub Konkel, a Polish lorry driver, hid 90kg of cocaine inside a Skims clothing shipment and was paid €4,500 to drive it from Belgium/Netherlands to the UK; border officers at Harwich found 90 wraps concealed in the rear trailer doors. He was jailed for 13.5 years at Chelmsford Crown Court, with the drugs, truck and phone destroyed and deportation planned after his sentence.

via BBC|
#cocaine#crime#drug-smuggling
Cocaine Hidden in Skims Shipment Nets 13-Year UK Sentence
world6 days ago

Cocaine Hidden in Skims Shipment Nets 13-Year UK Sentence

British authorities say truck driver Jakub Jan Konkel smuggled about 90 kilograms of cocaine worth roughly £7 million ($9.4 million) inside a shipment of Skims clothing from the Netherlands; the drugs were hidden in a back-door compartment and the shipment appeared legitimate. Konkel was paid €4,500 to transport them and was sentenced to 13 years in Chelmsford Crown Court.

via ABC7 Los Angeles|
#cocaine#court#drug-smuggling
Cocaine hidden in Skims shipment earns Polish driver 13½-year sentence
crime6 days ago

Cocaine hidden in Skims shipment earns Polish driver 13½-year sentence

UK authorities uncovered 90 packages of cocaine worth about €7.2 million ($8.4 million) concealed in a false rear-door compartment of a Skims cargo truck at the Port of Harwich. Polish driver Jakub Jan Konkel pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 13 years and six months. The Skims shipment was legitimate and the company says it had no knowledge of the crime. Investigators say organized crime exploited legitimate freight routes to move drugs across borders.

via USA Today|
#cocaine#crime#hidden-compartment
Cocaine Hidden in Skims Shipment Leads to 13½-Year UK Sentence
crime8 days ago

Cocaine Hidden in Skims Shipment Leads to 13½-Year UK Sentence

UK trucker Jakub Konkel was jailed for 13½ years after 90 kg of cocaine worth about $9.4 million was found hidden in a shipment of Skims underwear en route from the Netherlands; the cargo consisted of 28 pallets with drugs concealed in a back-door compartment. The National Crime Agency said the shipment looked legitimate and Konkel admitted transporting the drugs for €4,500.

via CBS News|
#cocaine#crime#drug-trafficking
Europol-led sting cripples transatlantic cocaine routes
world16 days ago

Europol-led sting cripples transatlantic cocaine routes

A two‑week international operation coordinated by Europol disrupted a major cocaine trafficking network moving drugs from Latin America to Europe. Authorities seized over 12 tons of cocaine and about 9.5 tons of hashish, intercepted eight vessels, and arrested 54 people. The effort highlights evolving, offshore multi‑stage transfers in the Atlantic to evade major ports, with focus on the area between the Canary Islands and the Azores, termed the so‑called cocaine highway.

via CBS News|
#atlantic-ocean#canary-islands#cocaine
Spain Seizes What May Be Record Cocaine Haul From Atlantic Shipment
world22 days ago

Spain Seizes What May Be Record Cocaine Haul From Atlantic Shipment

Spain's Civil Guard intercepted a ship in international waters near the Canary Islands, unveiling an estimated 35–40 tons of cocaine—potentially the largest haul in Spain's history—with about 20 arrests as the investigation proceeds; authorities suspect the cargo was meant for offloading to smaller vessels for distribution in Europe, underscoring international trafficking networks.

via CBS News|
#atlantic-ocean#civil-guard#cocaine
Salmon Exposed to Cocaine Swim Farther, Signaling Environmental Drug Pollution
environment1 month ago

Salmon Exposed to Cocaine Swim Farther, Signaling Environmental Drug Pollution

A study of 105 wild Atlantic salmon in Sweden’s Lake Vattern found fish exposed to cocaine and its metabolite benzoylecgonine swam about 1.9 times farther per week than unexposed fish, with the metabolite exposure adding roughly 7.6 extra miles — highlighting how pharmaceuticals in waterways are altering wildlife behavior and underscoring the need for improved wastewater treatment and monitoring, with related notes on sharks also ingesting drugs in other regions.

via CBS News|
#cocaine#environment#pollution
Wild Salmon Take a Longer Swim: Cocaine Metabolite Drives Greater Dispersal
science1 month ago

Wild Salmon Take a Longer Swim: Cocaine Metabolite Drives Greater Dispersal

A multi-institution study exposed 105 juvenile Atlantic salmon in Sweden to cocaine or its metabolite benzoylecgonine and tracked their movement. Surprisingly, the metabolite had the strongest effect, with exposed fish swimming up to 1.9 times farther and ending up about 20 miles from release, suggesting cocaine pollution can alter wild fish behavior and ecosystem dynamics. The findings highlight that metabolites—often more prevalent in waterways—should be considered in risk assessments, and future work will assess how widespread these effects are and whether they impact survival and reproduction.

via WIRED|
#cocaine#metabolites#pollution
Cocaine in wastewater nudges salmon to roam farther, study finds
environment1 month ago

Cocaine in wastewater nudges salmon to roam farther, study finds

A Current Biology study in Sweden’s Lake Vättern found environmentally relevant levels of cocaine and its main metabolite benzoylecgonine in wastewater cause juvenile Atlantic salmon to swim up to 1.9 times farther per week and disperse up to about 12 km, with the metabolite sometimes having a stronger effect than the drug itself, highlighting that low concentrations of drug residues in waterways can alter wildlife behavior and potentially disrupt ecosystems.

via The Conversation|
#benzoylecgonine#cocaine#environment
Cocaine pollution may push salmon to roam farther, study finds
science1 month ago

Cocaine pollution may push salmon to roam farther, study finds

A two-month study in Lake Vättern found juvenile Atlantic salmon exposed to cocaine or its main metabolite benzoylecgonine swam longer distances and moved farther north than unexposed controls, with the metabolite causing the larger change. The results suggest drug pollution in rivers and lakes could alter salmon behavior and survival, highlighting the need for better wastewater management and greener medicines to reduce environmental risk.

via The Guardian|
#biodiversity#cocaine#pollution