[Asclepius]

... and they are scoring the extraordinary catch as a routine drug bust ...

Well, duh. This way the police can confiscate the cash under existing civil forfeiture laws. And without due process.

[Henchman]

There is due process - you just don't like it. Every one of these yo-yo's comes up with a lawyer to fight the seizure. Let's see, drugs, large amount of cash etc - I guess I'll illegally immigrate to Jordan and leave with a Million $ HA HA HA! Congress passes the lawyer's full employment bill every chance they get.

[Blood of Tyrants]

If they can't link it to drugs, they can't keep it. Too often that "link" is nothing more than "suspicious activity".