Bling for sale -- formerly owned by drug dealers
source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/11/11/drug.dealer.bling.ap/index.html
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RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- If you're in the market for a diamond-studded gold gorilla pendant, the North Carolina Department of Revenue may have just what you're looking for -- thanks to busted drug dealers.
The department hopes to auction hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry -- including a $38,000 watch and a $23,000 gold pendant depicting Jesus -- confiscated during drug busts over the past year by the department's unauthorized substances division.
Necklaces, rings and bracelets will be available alongside more unique items, such as a $29,500 Jacob & Co. five time zone watch with a face of sparkling yellow, pink and blue stones forming the continents on a world map. A silver-colored men's Breitling 1884 chronometre watch is listed at $38,000.
"You'd be surprised who buys this stuff," Department of Revenue spokeswoman Kim Brooks said Monday.
"We felt we had enough items that would be of interest to folks that might generate a little more money," she said.
The department hopes to auction hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry -- including a $38,000 watch and a $23,000 gold pendant depicting Jesus -- confiscated during drug busts over the past year by the department's unauthorized substances division.
Necklaces, rings and bracelets will be available alongside more unique items, such as a $29,500 Jacob & Co. five time zone watch with a face of sparkling yellow, pink and blue stones forming the continents on a world map. A silver-colored men's Breitling 1884 chronometre watch is listed at $38,000.
"You'd be surprised who buys this stuff," Department of Revenue spokeswoman Kim Brooks said Monday.
"We felt we had enough items that would be of interest to folks that might generate a little more money," she said.
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