Often, when a law enforcement agency makes a drug bust, a large amount of cash is seized along with the drugs and any weapons.
But what happens to that money after the case is closed?
That is a question that was posed to Major Todd Cummings with the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department during a recent appearance on WOMT’s Be My Guest program.
The Major explained that while he cannot speak for every case, he said, “When a seizure is granted by the courts, I know a lot of that money goes toward education, and the office that is involved gets a percentage of that.”
The federal government ends up taking 20% of the cash as a handling charge as well.
As far as the drugs are concerned, they are sent to the Wisconsin State Crime lab for further analysis before being disposed of.
Any weapons also get sent to Madison, where they are destroyed.
