ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A trucker has sued the Drug Enforcement Administration, seeking to get back nearly $24,000 seized by DEA agents earlier this month at a weigh station on U.S. 54 in New Mexico north of El Paso, Texas.
(ACLU sues DEA on behalf of truck whose money was seized - Houston Chronicle)
Truck searched, no evidence of anything illegal found (other than, well, having money, which the driver admitted voluntarily to up front, made no attempt to hide). No arrest, no charges filed. But DEA keeps the money.
DEA agents told Prieto he would receive a notice of federal proceedings to permanently forfeit the money within 30 days and that to get it back, he'd have to prove it was his and did not come from illegal drug sales.
ACLU lawyers say getting it back might take a year.
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