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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, April 20, 1991                   TAG: 9104200068
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

MISMANAGED SEIZED PROPERTY COSTS MILLIONS

The U.S. Marshals Service is mismanaging millions of dollars in commercial property seized from drug dealers and other criminals, resulting in a significant income loss for the fight against illegal drugs, the General Accounting Office says.

A draft of the report by the GAO, a congressional investigative agency, was obtained by The Associated Press.

The report said that the Marshals Service lost a $1.5 million profit on one property alone after utility bills went unpaid for a year.

- Associated Press 


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