MERCER COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney Brian K. Cochran, on behalf of the Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, has filed a civil forfeiture action seeking more than $1 Million Dollars in money and assets alleged to be connected to the distribution of controlled substances in Mercer County. Based on available records, this appears to be one of the largest, if not the largest, civil forfeiture actions ever initiated in Mercer County.

“West Virginia law authorizes law enforcement agencies, through the prosecutor’s office, to pursue civil forfeiture of money and property obtained through illegal drug activity,” Cochran said. “Our office has filed almost one hundred civil forfeiture actions over the past five years, working closely with our local, co

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