Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Los Angeles Division confiscated 50 motorbikes MotoGP belonging to Olimpian, whose value reaches US$40 million or the equivalent of Rp. 668 billion.
The Olympian in question is Ryan James Wedding. He is a Canadian snowboarding or snowboarding athlete. He appeared at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
After not being an athlete, Wedding swerved to become a narcotics dealer. Not a small dealer, but a big kingpin to be reckoned with.
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Because of this, Wedding’s name is on the FBI’s ’10 most wanted fugitives’ list. In a raid, Wedding was arrested with a number of narcotics evidence.
Following the arrest, a search was carried out on Wedding’s assets. During a search in Mexico, dozens of MotoGP motorbikes from the Wedding collection were found in a building.
This 44 year old man really likes MotoGP. Because of this, he collects MotoGP motorbikes that have been ridden by Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Andre Dovisioso, and even Marc Marquez.
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“This month, Mexican authorities conducted a search warrant and confiscated a number of motorbikes with an estimated value of US$40 million believed to belong to Ryan James Wedding,” the FBI wrote on Instagram.
“This successful seizure was the result of cooperation between Mexican authorities, FBI, RCMP [kepolisian Kanada]and the LAPD [kepolisian Los Angeles].”
Wedding can collect 50 MotoGP motorbikes from world caliber racers because there is a market for buying and selling MotoGP related memorabilia, such as motorbikes, helmets and racing clothing.
Wedding was wanted by the FBI not only for being part of a drug cartel, but also for being involved in the murder of a federal witness, as alleged by the US Department of Justice.
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