Reality star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian has found her shapewear brand SKIMS at the centre of an unexpected controversy after a drug trafficking case in the United Kingdom drew global attention. The company recently issued a public statement distancing itself from an USD 8.4 million cocaine smuggling operation in which a truck carrying SKIMS merchandise was allegedly used to transport illegal drugs.

Kim Kardashian's SKIMS falls in a drug scandal

According to reports from the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), a Polish truck driver named Jakub Jan Konkel was arrested after border officials discovered approximately 90 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a specially modified compartment of a truck transporting legitimate SKIMS clothing shipments. Authorities reportedly intercepted the vehicle at the Port of Harwich in Essex after it arrived via ferry from the Netherlands.