[Shryke]

They just found it and kept it.

Nearly everyone in this thread keeps stating this. It's absurd.

Here's a hint: when you are a dope dealer that clearly keeps a lot of cash at his house, and then shoot another crook who tries to steal it, and the FBI was watching at least one of you before all of this happened, guess what? You might experience some issues during the investigation.

[Squeako]

The local police took it, not the Feds. Why wasn't he charged with anything or even arrested? That's what I would like to know in addition to how the Feds became involved, whether it was from reporting the seizure, or that they actually were watching the guy, or whatever. It doesn't appear to have even been labeled "a drug deal gone wrong".

It would be one thing if this never happened to people uninvolved with drug trafficking, but it has, which makes it more important to have it proven in court, at least to me anyway.

[Poison Pill]

“Here’s a hint: when you are a dope dealer that clearly keeps a lot of cash at his house, and then shoot another crook who tries to steal it, and the FBI was watching at least one of you before all of this happened, guess what? You might experience some issues during the investigation.”

Ok, Fine. And if the investigation does not lead to an arrest then what? If they have the goods on the guy then arrest, charge and try him. I’ve go no problem there. If they don’t or can’t prosecute then it’s legal theft. The FBI wants the money without doing all that pesky work.