My brother was on probation in the state of Indiana for importing marijuana from Canada. He had done his 3+ years in prison and was on a 5 year probation. During the probation he left the state and was headed Northwest through Idaho and was supposedly going to meet someone in Washington state to buy some land. While going through Idaho he was pulled over for a liscense plate error and the Police asked to search the car because he was acting "nervous." My brother let them and they found a bag with $274,000. My brother told them that it was money he had saved and that he was going to buy a house. They took the money and he was put in jail until the Indiana probation department was contacted and he was released to go back to Indiana. Instead he took off and hasn't been seen since. The family has been dealing with the heart ache of his disappearance for years. And until recently I didn't know about the siezure of the money. My question is what happened to the money? Technically he wasn't doing anything illegal other than breaking probation, so does the state have the right to take the money? Is there any way it can be retrieved at this point? There were no narcotics or anything drug related found with the money. Thank you.