> If someone attempts to smuggle in a bunch of cocaine at the US-Canada border and gets their car and the cocaine confiscated, is not as troubling. But in this

> If someone attempts to smuggle in a bunch of cocaine at the US-Canada border and gets their car and the cocaine confiscated, is not as troubling. But in this case, the person could be arrested and it should be (is?) possible to confiscate the possessions they have on them. But the confiscation should be "against the person", not the object. And if the judicial system can't prove the person was guilty of a crime, and that those possessions were involved, then they should need to return them. The way things currently work, that same person could be coming across the border with $20,000 in cash on them. The police see it and decide it _must_ be crime related because "who would carry that kind of money on them for any other reason" and confiscate the money... all without actually charging the person with a crime. And that's bad. And the fact that it's a border issue is irrelevant. At most, the border officers should be saying "we're not comfortable with you bringing that much money over the border in cash, you are denied entry", and sending them back along their way.