CITY OF MARGATE v. SINGH

No. 4D00-1452.

778 So.2d 1080 (2001)

The CITY OF MARGATE, Appellant, v. Lutchman SINGH and Forfeiture of 1987 Mazda Truck, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene M. Steinfeld, Margate, for appellant.

Bradford M. Cohen of Bradford M. Cohen & Associates, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a forfeiture action for failure to establish probable cause. We affirm.

A Margate police officer observed a customized 1987 Mazda pickup truck, which lacked a vehicle identification number (VIN) on the dash board, in the parking lot of an automobile repair shop. Two holes were visible where the VIN had previously been attached. The vehicle did not have a license plate either, and after observing a person...

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