Anthony Lednovich) The federal government has lost millions of dollars because confiscated boats. airplanes and automobiles have been left to rot or be stripped by vandals while stored in South Florida fields and marinas before auction. according to a government report. "We were shocked at what we found." seid Everette Orr. senior evaluator for the General Accounting Office in Washington. "In most cases. very expensive boats. planes and automobiles were left in the open ... neglected to the weather and vandals." According to GAO estimates. the government currently has in storage $82.1 million in boats. planes and cars seized from drug and alien smugglers by U.S. Customs. the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Potential value losses to vandals and deterioration could reach as much as $28 million. The GAOs investigation was spurred when a team of government auditors spotted a field of dilapidated airplanes while taking an inventory of U.S.
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