STATE POLICE SEIZE CAR LINKED TO DRUG DEAL - Confiscated Property Used By Law Enforcement

(04/28/2003)

State Police have confiscated a car belonging to a Grantsville man who allegedly made a drug deal in the vehicle. Trooper Fred Hammack of the local detachment charged Garland Ray Nichols with possession and delivery of marijuana on February 13. The officer used an informant who was wired during a drug purchase. The State Police are taking ownership of the Nichols vehicle under the West Virginia Contraband Act, which allows law enforcement to confiscate property used in drug transactions. A legal notice advises anyone who might have a claim against the auto to contact the State Police by May 26, 2003, otherwise the vehicle will become property of the agency. Money obtained from confiscated property is used to further law enforcement.

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