The 4th Amendment prohibits this action. One judge could fix this. Just one honest judge.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The 4th Amendment is not limited to criminal procedures. Civil asset forfeiture is an unreasonable seizure, and as you observed it is unconstitutional. I am disgusted by any agent of the federal, state, or local government who participates in that form of theft.
A task for a latter day Diogenes.