Correct me if I’m wrong, (Lord knows I was almost wrong once way back in ‘92), but I’ve heard the police can ask if you’d wait while they get K9 out there to “sniff’ up your vehicle.
Failure to allow this results in the cops then assuming you’re actually trying to hide something which allows the “investigation” to then proceed (warrantless entry to the vehicle).
I even watched a thingy online(?) or was it tv(?) where the “K9 handlers” can issue commands to the dog resulting in the dog “alerting” on something that isn’t there allowing them to search..
IOW, if a bad cop wants into your vehicle, they’ll get in..
The article didn’t say how much was confiscated so I did some looking around. It was $87K.
From my understanding, it has been ruled illegal to detain a person until the sniffer dog can arrive unless there is a specific, drug related reason for the suspcion. If the officer can see drugs through the windows, for example.