The federal government is looking to seize $90,000 in cash found in a dead Baltimore County man's rental car after he was killed in an apparent "hit" by a New York drug organization, according to recently filed court papers.

On Jan. 10, Baltimore County police responded to gunshots at 9809 Lands Road and found Nathan Bowles, 41, dead in the stairway of his apartment. Authorities searched his apartment and found one ounce of marijuana, digital scales, and packaging materials. 

Gwendolyn Price, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, wrote in court papers that detectives learned that Bowles and another man were planning to travel to New York and had rented a 2010 Honda Accord. Detectives gathered information that Bowles was a "multi-pound marijuana dealer who traveled to New York regularly to conduct illicit drug business" and that "individuals interviewed believed that Bowles' murder was a hit from the New York organization."

In March, county police charged a Brooklyn, N.Y. man in Bowles' death, who has pleaded not guilty.

Detectives search the rental car and found a bag containing $90,000 in cash, wrapped in $1,000 bundles. Price wrote that Bowles and the other man he rented the vehicle with do not have a record of reporting income, and say the cash should be seized as drug proceeds.