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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
Cocaine hidden in Skims shipment earns driver 13.5-year sentence
crime5 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
Rescued Florida Plane Crash Passenger Charged in Cocaine Conspiracy
crime10 days ago

Rescued Florida Plane Crash Passenger Charged in Cocaine Conspiracy

Jonathan Gardiner, one of 11 Bahamian survivors of a plane crash off the Florida coast, was charged with one count of cocaine import conspiracy for allegedly smuggling cocaine since 2023. Prosecutors say he carried a brown paper bag containing $30,000 in Bahamian currency labeled with the name of a Bahamian politician previously tied to a cocaine shipment, and he had three phones on him. The twin-engine plane departed Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, for Freeport and crashed about 80 miles off Melbourne, Florida; all passengers and the pilot survived and were rescued by an Air Force helicopter. Gardiner faces one count of cocaine import conspiracy.

via NBC News|
#crime#drug-smuggling#federal-charges
Sri Lanka Nabs 22 Buddhist Monks in Record Cannabis Bust at Colombo Airport
world28 days ago

Sri Lanka Nabs 22 Buddhist Monks in Record Cannabis Bust at Colombo Airport

Sri Lankan authorities arrested 22 Buddhist monks after police found more than 110 kilograms of cannabis in their luggage at Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport. The drugs, reportedly hidden in modified false bottoms, were valued at over $3.45 million and involved travelers returning from Thailand. The case marks the largest drug seizure at the airport, with investigators probing possible connections to local drug-running networks; the monks are due before Negombo Magistrate's Court for further proceedings.

via CNN|
#bandaranaike-international-airport#cannabis#drug-smuggling
Two Dead After U.S. Strike Hits Suspected Narco Boat in Eastern Pacific
world1 month ago

Two Dead After U.S. Strike Hits Suspected Narco Boat in Eastern Pacific

Two people were killed when a U.S.-led strike on a small boat in the eastern Pacific hit a vessel operated by a U.S.-designated terrorist group involved in drug trafficking; the strike, part of Joint Task Force Southern Spear and directed by Marine Gen. Francis Donovan, left no U.S. casualties and has spurred questions about legal justification and due process.

via NBC News|
#drug-smuggling#eastern-pacific#joint-task-force-southern-spear
US military targets drug vessels in recent strikes, resulting in multiple casualties
world4 months ago

US military targets drug vessels in recent strikes, resulting in multiple casualties

The U.S. military reported striking three alleged drug smuggling vessels in the Pacific, resulting in at least five deaths and the abandonment of others by the suspects, amid ongoing operations against narco-traffickers linked to Venezuela. The strikes have raised legal and ethical questions, especially regarding the treatment of survivors and the escalation of military actions without congressional approval.

via CBS News|
#boat-strikes#drug-smuggling#narco-trafficking
US military kills 8 in strikes on three boats in eastern Pacific
world5 months ago

US military kills 8 in strikes on three boats in eastern Pacific

The US military conducted strikes on three boats in the eastern Pacific accused of drug smuggling, killing eight people, amid increasing congressional scrutiny over the campaign, which has resulted in at least 95 deaths since September. The strikes are part of a broader effort to combat drug trafficking and pressure Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with upcoming congressional briefings expected to address the campaign's implications.

via AP News|
#boat-strikes#congress-scrutiny#drug-smuggling
US Conducts Strikes on Drug Traffickers in Caribbean and Pacific
world6 months ago

US Conducts Strikes on Drug Traffickers in Caribbean and Pacific

The US military conducted its 15th strike in the Caribbean since September, targeting vessels linked to drug smuggling, killing at least 64 people, with the latest attack killing three. The strikes are justified by the Trump administration as part of a broader effort to combat drug cartels, though lawmakers demand more transparency about the legal basis and targets of these operations.

via NPR|
#caribbean#drug-smuggling#strikes