$6200.00 in United States Currency v. District of Columbia

KERN, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment in a libel proceeding pursuant to D.C.Code 1967, § 22-1505(c),1 ordering $5,000 forfeited to the District of Columbia. We affirm.

*552Appellant Brown was arrested pursuant to a warrant in a grocery store where he worked in Southeast Washington and his residence immediately next door was searched pursuant to a search warrant. Prior to the issuance of the warrants, police officers had received a complaint that he was conducting a numbers operation and they placed him under surveillance. The officers observed on two separate days a succession of…