Mexico City — Mexico’s federal asset-disposal agency INDEP has auctioned off part of the luxury motorcycle collection belonging to Ryan Wedding, the former Olympic snowboarder accused of drug trafficking, with bidders competing hard for the seized machines.
The standout lot was a Ducati GP7 — the prototype with which Australian rider Casey Stoner won the 2007 MotoGP world championship — which sold for 4.5 million pesos.
The auction covered only part of Wedding’s collection of high-end motorcycles, and the Ducati drew the heaviest interest of the day as buyers moved quickly on the racing bike.
Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder, has been charged with drug trafficking, and his case has drawn intense media attention in both Mexico and the United States.
INDEP, the federal body responsible for selling off assets seized by authorities, has run a series of auctions in recent years aimed at turning confiscated property into revenue for the government.
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