Drug Money

Authorties in Genesee County (located in the southeast lower part of Michigan) made one of the largest drug-and-cash bust in the counties history.

They found more than $500,000 cash ($644,833 to be more exact) laid out in stacks of $100 bills, $50 bills, and $20 dollar bills. They found another $2 million in drugs - all convinscated by the Genesee County Police Department from one drug dealer in the city of Flint.

My question is: Where does all this money go?

According to the Druf Enforcement Administration, when the DEA (in a certain disrict) takes down a dealer, that department gets a cut of the cash - a pretty large cut in this case.

"The sheriff's posse will get about $312,000 of it," said Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell. "And then we have to divvy the money up among the other police agencies that worked on it."

Now, although the DEA needs to get paid back for the time and effort the spend on a case like this, wouldn't you think they would put some of that money back into the communties where they live? Especially when they come up on over $300,000? Not to mention the $2 million in drugs that will setting in evidence......? Just a thought