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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (174)2/13/2009 3:26:50 AM
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Property seizure by police called 'highway piracy'
By LISA SANDBERG
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
Feb. 7, 2009, 11:10PM

Lisa Sandberg/Express-News SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

Authorities seized property from roughly 140 out-of-towners who drove through Tenaha between 2006 and 2008.

TENAHA — A two-decade-old state law that grants authorities the power to seize property used in a crime is wielded by some agencies against people who are never charged with, much less convicted, of a crime.

Law enforcement authorities in this East Texas town of 1,000 people seized property from at least 140 motorists between 2006 and 2008, and, to date, filed criminal.........
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