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Government Corruption
'You're taking money out of my kid's mouths': Marine sues after DEA confiscated his entire life savings of $87K during routine traffic stop after dogs 'smelled drugs' on the cash
2021-12-04
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Stephen Lara, 39, a Marine from Texas, sued the DEA to get back the $87,000 the agency seized from him in February

  • Lara had been traveling to meet his daughters in California when a Nevada State Trooper pulled him over as part of a routine traffic check

  • Lara told the officer he was traveling with his life savings because he does not trust banks and provided full ATM receipts to the prove the money was his

  • The officer called over a DEA agent who claimed a drug-sniffing dog found the scent of drugs on the cash, allowing them to seize all the money

  • Lara filed a suit against the DEA for the 'wrongful seizure' and is also suing to stop The Nevada Highway Patrol from sharing profits from seized property
Posted by:Skidmark

#12  
hehad it IN a bank long enough

I don't see the need for any bank to accumulate the cash, except perhaps for cashing checks, and then only keeping the sum in the bank long enough to make cash withdrawals. News media keep reporting finds of large amounts of cash when buildings are razed or remodeled, or when hoarders hoards are cleaned out.
These sorts of legalized robbery should have been outlawed years ago, but our legislators have more important things to do.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-12-04 18:31  

#11  Went short :-) SQQQ
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-04 15:17  

#10  401ks are next.

I just flushed mine.
Ah'm buying acres.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-04 14:42  

#9  Speaking of sniffing

Don't get Brandon started. Hide the little ones
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-04 13:36  

#8  ....Speaking of sniffing, for some reason this doesn't pass the sniff test. He doesn't trust banks, but he had it IN a bank long enough to accumulate almost ninety grand, and then had to take it out from an ATM when he could have gotten a cashier's check or money orders, all of which are a damned sight more secure than hauling around cash - he could have had those tucked on his person.

In the words of Ricky Ricardo, "I dun blivit."

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-12-04 12:40  

#7  Asset Forfeiture turning the Police into bandits is the problem
Posted by: magpie   2021-12-04 08:51  

#6  We had a drug sniffing dog on the base. One day I was tasked with accompanying the team through the unit barracks. It went bonkers on one of the lockers. The kid that had the locker was not a druggie type, more like like an overweight nerd. He came to barracks and opened up the locker. It was a friggin 7-11 snack aisle in there. Seems the dog was trained with chocolate chip cookies as a reward.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-12-04 07:33  

#5  ^^^^
Woof, Woof!!!
We have crooked cop dogs on the force.
They are in it for the perks -- Parties & Girls
Were they trained by Hunter Biden?




Posted by: Snolulet Whomose2724   2021-12-04 07:25  

#4  I am starting to think those dogs are trained to smell $100 bills.

Who 'bout trained to respond a certain way when their handler gives them the correct cue?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-12-04 07:04  

#3  I am starting to think those dogs are trained to smell $100 bills.

Funny story: years ago on a camping trip with my girls for the ymca y-princess program. A state trooper came out for a drug sniffing demonstration. After explaining how good the dog was at detecting marijuana two Fathers slow started to try and sneak away from the group…
Posted by: Airandee   2021-12-04 07:03  

#2  

Its a well know fact just about EVERY US Dollar that has been circulation a few weeks has traces of Drugs on them.

BTW: given a lot of Banks limit ATM withdrawals to to around $500 or less per day. This could have taken him 1/2 a month to pull off.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-12-04 06:06  

#1  401ks are next.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2021-12-04 00:38  

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