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OCR: grounds for forfeiture. The court of iappeals holding was based upon custons laws made applicable the forfeitre by U.S.C. 881d} The court found that the plain language of 10 U.S.C 1602 1604 commanded government agents tn instinute forfei- tures promptly after discovering violations The court nf peals rejected the government argument these provisions only applied when property had already been seized held that these provisions bound DEA pure FBI agents those authorized to seizures under the Controlled Substances C promptly 1odar violations of the law implicating potential forfeitures to the United States attorney, and for the United States attomey to promptly institute forfeiture if the circumstances warrarted Although an IRS agent had I been present during the search of Good home the cour ...