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ACLU sues DEA on behalf of truck whose money was seized



ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A trucker has sued the Drug Enforcement Administration, seeking to get back nearly $24,000 seized by DEA agents earlier this month at a weigh station on U.S. 54 in New Mexico north of El Paso, Texas.



Anastasio Prieto of El Paso gave a state police officer at the weigh station permission to search the truck to see if it contained “needles or cash in excess of $10,000,” according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the federal lawsuit Thursday.



Prieto told the officer he didn’t have any needles but did have $23,700.



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