I never said he should keep it. Just confiscate it and thank him for recovering the property. Makes no sense to tie up the jail and court system for a case that will get thrown out for lack of evidence.
I didn’t mean that you said to keep it.
There’s a mentality out there ...that when someone sees a *lot* of something, like a stack of crates behind a 7/11, or a field of ripe pumpkins, rows of dozens of shopping carts [etc], they think *what the heck...what is taking just one going to do?* It’s just one.
My poorly stated point was: Businesses that work on a small/tight margin like grocery/dairy, can’t easily absorb the loss. ;)