DEA to Return $43,000 It Seized From Tampa Woman at Airport

By artappraiser on Sat, 11/21/2020 - 11:26pm |

The Drug Enforcement Administration will return more than $43,000 it seized from a Tampa woman at an airport after she joined a class-action lawsuit challenging the agency's practice of using civil asset forfeiture to confiscate cash from travelers.https://t.co/Bgj7zQHLDX
— reason (@reason) November 22, 2020

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https://reason.com/2020/11/17/dea-to-return-43000-it-seized-from-tampa-woman-at-airport/

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Police in Scottsdale seized $5,300 from Luis Garcia, which he’d collected for charity & tried to keep it under “asset forfeiture.” @GoldwaterInst fought back & made them return the money.

Sadly, many such cases don’t end as well. https://t.co/CNPIH8MqXg
— Timothy Sandefur (@TimothySandefur) November 24, 2020