CTL: if there is danger to life, and laws to back it up, such as drunk driving, cars are confiscated by the police prior to trial.
Additionally, I don’t think these Walkie Talkies were FCC certified, which makes them illegal to own.
From the FCC’s website: “CB equipment used in the United States must be FCC-certified and labeled as such by the manufacturer.”
Hatzolah probably got the parents to confiscate it for them, and if the parents weren’t agreeable, they could have threatened legal action. Just my 2 cents, I don’t know how it went down.