
New Orleans man gets nearly $30,000 returned to him after it was seized by DEA agents at the airport
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A New Orleans man will have nearly $30,000 returned to him after it was seized by DEA agents at the Columbus International Airport in Ohio last year.
According to a settlement agreement signed Thursday, the federal government agreed to dismiss its civil forfeiture case.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents seized $28,180.00 of Kermit Warren's money at the Columbus airport last November while Warren was traveling home after inspecting a tow truck he considered buying for his scrapping business, according to a release from the Institute for Justice, a non-profit whose lawyers helped Warren reach a settlement in the case.

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