In pictures: Drug baron 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.

An estimated 5,000 people turned up for Tuesday's opening, causing problems for police at a venue reserved for just 200 bidders.

Three thousand items were on display, including 12 televisions.

Reports said 80% of the items had been sold within three hours of the sale opening.

Clothes on sale included Abadia's underpants, the quickest items to sell after his capture half-naked by Brazilian police in August 2007.

Abadia, who last week was given a 30-year jail sentence, had surrounded himself with the items at his Sao Paulo hideout before his arrest.

Items belonging to Abadia's family were among those on sale.

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