[beerandt]

Yea- agree with it or not, technically this is Civil Asset Forfeiture working as intended (Ie not one of the many many abuses of it.):

To make it difficult for drug dealers to continue selling and transporting drugs by seizing proceeds and any property used in those activities, especially in cases where criminal prosecution is impossible or impractical.

I'm on board with abolishing it, but this isn't even a case of a laws unjust, unintended consequences. It's a case of business owners gambling on a known risk and losing.