Kim Kardashian’s shapewear model, SKIMS, has shut down hypothesis that they’re concerned in a significant drug bust that was found amongst their merchandise.
The clothes model, based by the Protecting Up With The Kardashians star, is making it clear that it was not concerned with a significant cocaine smuggling operation in England. This comes after the shapewear firm’s cargo was tied to a convicted drug trafficker.
A consultant for SKIMS advised TMZ: “SKIMS is conscious of the latest information involving a cargo with our merchandise. We wish to be completely clear: SKIMS had no information in any way about this prison exercise. We had no connection to the smuggling operation, the motive force, or the truck.”
On Monday, Might 18, Jakub Jan Konkel was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in jail for trafficking cocaine in Chelmsford Crown Courtroom in Essex, England. Authorities declare Konkel transported a trailer truck carrying 28 pallets of SKIMS clothes from The Netherlands to England final September.
The pallets have been later searched by Border Pressure officers after it arrived they the Port of Harwich, which is after they found 90 hidden packages of cocaine close to the rear trailer doorways. Police have estimated the medication have been value roughly $9.4 million.
Regardless of the connection to Kardashian’s model, officers have confused that there was nothing unlawful concerning the SKIMS merchandise itself, the clothes cargo was simply used to hide the medication.
Whereas Konkel first denied understanding concerning the medication in any respect, he later admitted that he agreed to smuggle the cocaine for a fee of about $5,300 earlier than pleading responsible in court docket.
