IN RE FORFEITURE OF THE PROPERTY: 1973 BUICK: FL. TAG NO. GVM-847; VIN. 4Y87U3H530745.

No. 82-1272.

426 So.2d 72 (1983)

In re FORFEITURE OF the Following Described Property: 1973 Buick: Florida Tag NO. GVM-847; Vin. 4Y87U3H530745. NAPLES POLICE DEPARTMENT, a department of the City of Naples, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant, v. Herbert Valentino SMALL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Rynders, Naples, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, Naples Police Department, challenges the trial court's judgment denying the state's petition to declare appellee's vehicle forfeited. We reverse.

After arresting Herbert V. Small on June 9, 1981, the police searched his 1973 Buick and discovered twelve Methaqualone tablets in a briefcase in the trunk of his car. Small pled nolo contendere to a charge of possession of a controlled substance, a felony under section 893.13...

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