[PubliusMM]

Seems to me that the LEO and prosecutors should have to prove the money was proceeds from some criminal enterprise or some other nefarious goings-on.
This is reprehensible. It is offensive on so many levels.

Give the guy back his money. Stop screwing around with him. Just because some bureaucrat thinks no one can accumulate a little pile of bucks honestly...

[wrench]

The guy admitted to being involved in the drug trade.

He had a stash, a stash of cash, and guns. Also some unsavory business associates. On the sketchy evidence presented in the article, I am seeing a preponderance of evidence that he was dealing.