King$nake
06-20-2008, 11:35 PM
Long story short - friends were raided by DEA in pot bust, nothing illegal was found besides one item owned by a roomate that was non-drug related. However cash, cars and firearms were taken from the house. I should note that 3 safes were destroyed to get the firearms out. The biggest safe in the house - which took the DEA agents over an hour to open - had only porno magazines in it, hehe.
Anyways, the guys haven't seen their cars cash or guns since. This raid happened about 3 months ago. It looks like all charges will be dropped on the 29th of this month on all except one of the guys living in the house at the time.
The reason the house was raided was because it was owned by a high end drug dealer. He also owned 3 other houses in the surrounding area that was also raided. The occupants of this particular house were the son's and a few friends who were renting rooms.
Anyways, among the things taken by the DEA were two new Chevy trucks, Mossberg 12 Gauge, Spike's AR-15 with Bullet Button and a Glock 23, all properly DROS'd and registered. Valid paperwork was on hand as well.
The lawyers are making it sound like even if the charges are dropped completely, they will never see the firearms again. He says that if they want their trucks back they may have to buy them back? If this is true, how can the DEA legally do this to people if the charges are dismissed? Technically speaking, they should have no right or reason to keep their property. Why would they take over $90,000 worth of personal property when they found nothing more than a misdemeanor item in the house?
please advise
Anyways, the guys haven't seen their cars cash or guns since. This raid happened about 3 months ago. It looks like all charges will be dropped on the 29th of this month on all except one of the guys living in the house at the time.
The reason the house was raided was because it was owned by a high end drug dealer. He also owned 3 other houses in the surrounding area that was also raided. The occupants of this particular house were the son's and a few friends who were renting rooms.
Anyways, among the things taken by the DEA were two new Chevy trucks, Mossberg 12 Gauge, Spike's AR-15 with Bullet Button and a Glock 23, all properly DROS'd and registered. Valid paperwork was on hand as well.
The lawyers are making it sound like even if the charges are dropped completely, they will never see the firearms again. He says that if they want their trucks back they may have to buy them back? If this is true, how can the DEA legally do this to people if the charges are dismissed? Technically speaking, they should have no right or reason to keep their property. Why would they take over $90,000 worth of personal property when they found nothing more than a misdemeanor item in the house?
please advise