[Burninator]

Originally Posted by stang

He probally didnt. A lot of people dont know that (in the states anyways) when they ask if they can search the car you can say no. If they dont have any definite reason to search they cant.

http://www.flexyourrights.org/traffic_stop_scenario

I wonder how this works in Canada though... any lawyers?

Edit: Here are the video clips on what to do
http://www.flexyourrights.org/busted/movie_clips

So if we assume the police officer followed the law correctly, he more than likely asked the driver if he could search the car, and the driver said, "yes", And the reason he asked to search the car was because he thought his answers were suspicious? This seems to follow the letter of the law. Not sure about the money though, I wouldn't mind knowing more about that.