Drug lord's personal items on sale in Brazil

by Iva Skoch   Apr 10th 2008 @ 1:30PM

Talk about a fun auction!

Brazilians have been flocking to an auction of goods confiscated from Colombian drug baron Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, who was arrested in Sao Paulo last year and given a 30-year sentence last week. According to BBC, about 5000 people turned up for Tuesday's opening and 80% of the items had been sold within three hours.

As far as I know, no drugs were for sale, although that would undoubtedly make the auction all the more popular. Three thousand items were on display, including 12 televisions. Clothes on sale included Abadia's underpants, the quickest items to sell after his capture half-naked by Brazilian police in August 2007.

Underpants? People are weird.



Filed under: South America, Brazil

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