State ex rel. Means v. One Million, Three Hundred Fifty-four Thousand, Four Hundred Fifty Dollars & Fifty Cents ($1,354,450.50) in United States Currency

OPINION

HUNTER, Judge:

The State appeals the denial of its application for forfeiture of $1,354,450.50 in United States currency seized from an automobile by police after a routine traffic stop. On August 8, 1989, Raul Busta-mante was driving a vehicle south on 1-35, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Donaci-ano Medina, Claimant-Appellee and Counter-Appellant herein. Bustamante was stopped by Trooper Mike Plunkett, who informed Bustamante that he had made an improper lane change and warned him about speeding. It is Trooper Plunkett’s general practice on every traffic stop to request consent to…