THE government has been ordered to pay a man more than $120,000 in damages because police failed to release his car from custody after charges against him were dropped.

Anthony Deveaux’s 1990 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was confiscated during an alleged traffic stop in 2005. The car was held as evidence after Mr Deveaux was charged but never returned after the case against him was dismissed...

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