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Copyright 1996 Chicago Tribune Company 

Chicago Tribune 

April 1, 1996 Monday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION 

SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 8; ZONE: N; Across the nation.  

LENGTH: 190 words 

HEADLINE: FREQUENT-FLYING DRUG SMUGGLER FACING SEIZURE OF HIS MILES TOO 

BYLINE: Compiled by Richard Wronski.  

DATELINE: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 

BODY: 
Marijuana smuggler Robert Michael Pate has lost his house, his money and his liberty. Now federal prosecutors are after his frequent flier miles.
Prosecutors say the 117,705 miles Pate logged between Philadelphia, Newark, N.J., and Toronto on USAir were earned as part of his drug business--and therefore government property.  
"I think it's ingenious," said U.S. Attorney Lynne Battaglia, who filed the forfeiture claim, believed to be the first of its kind. Battaglia says she wants to give the mileage to local law enforcement agencies so they can pursue other drug traffickers.
While the seizure of Pate's house in Florida and his Baltimore bank accounts were routine forfeiture procedures, a federal judge will decide whether the miles will be considered as assets.
The case may not be so complicated, however, because Pate reportedly doesn't care who gets the miles. "So be it," Pate, 49, told his lawyer, David B. Irwin. "They can have them."
Irwin said Pate, who has collected enough free mileage to take three trips to Jamaica, has little use for it now. "He's in prison," Irwin said. "He's not going anywhere." 

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