This is pretty scary stuff.  A truck driver in New Mexico was pulled over on the highway, and had approximately $24,000 stolen from him in broad daylight.  Unfortunately for the truck driver, the police were on the scene, because they were the ones stealing his money:

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.

Officers took the money and turned it over to the DEA. DEA agents photographed and fingerprinted Prieto over his objections, then released him without charging him with anything.
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DEA agents told Prieto he would receive a notice of federal proceedings to permanently forfeit the money within 30 days and that to get it back, he'd have to prove it was his and did not come from illegal drug sales.

Welcome to another shining example of judicially sanctioned police corruption and abuse, known as civil asset forfeiture.  Being in possession of a large amount of cash is certainly not illegal.  You'll notice that the truck driver was not charged with anything.  There was absolutely no evidence of any drugs in the truck either.  In fact, he foolishly cooperated with the police in all aspects of the search.  However, merely being in possession of a large amount of cash is suspicious enough for the cash to be charged with a crime. 

That's right.  In civil asset forfeiture, the government takes your money to court.  And unlike you, your money has no constitutional rights.  There is no presumption of innocence, and the burden of proof is on you to prove that your money was not earned illegally.  The government doesn't have to prove a thing to keep your money.  And as it turns out (not surprisingly), it is a high hurdle to overcome.  It could take well over a year for him to get his money back, if he gets it at all.

When a criminal tries to steal your money, you can at least try to defend yourself and go to the police.  What do you do when the government literally steals your money?  And people wonder why I hate the War on Drugs^TM.  Via Hit & Run.