One 1978 Lincoln Versailles, Georgia License MZR 349, VIN 8w84g804437 v. State

RYDER, Judge.

The appellant challenges the trial court’s order forfeiting his motor vehicle pursuant to Section 943.42, Florida Statutes (1979), which makes unlawful the use of any vehicle to facilitate the transportation, carriage, conveyance, concealment, receipt, possession, purchase, sale, borrow, exchange or giving away of any contraband article. ' Since there was no nexus between the contraband found in the vehicle and the illegal drug operation, we find the forfeiture was improper and reverse.

On May 5,1979, Ms. Hillmeyer, a member of a surveillance team conducting an investigation for…