Detroit cops seize $662K in alleged drug money

Detroit police may get a slice of $662,000 in alleged drug money that narcotics investigators seized overnight Monday in one of the biggest busts in recent memory, Police Chief Warren Evans said this afternoon.

[kevin b]

and they get this money tax free unlike us if we won the lotto.

[Paul Kersey]

kevin b wrote:

and they get this money tax free unlike us if we won the lotto.

For your clarification, the money goes to the police agency, not the individual officers. However, you are correct that no tax is paid on the cash picked up off the floor that was not in the count.