> Maybe it was found in the pocket, thrown down, after finding it, picked up and put in the wallet and confiscated. <
I thought about the same thing. It’s also quite possible that the suspect himself threw the drugs on the ground. But even then the cops are in error for putting the drugs in the wallet.
That’s evidence-tampering, and if that’s what happened it should not be tolerated.
Why in error? The officer clearly shows it to the perp and other officer and places it in the wallet. Since it is likely he found it on the ground, the intent would be to keep it from blowing away. Showing it to the other officer and the perp was just to identify it and show why it was put in the billfold.
Do you think this officer just carried around cocaine so he could plant it on this guy, who was a paragon of virtue ? Given the crimes the guy had just committed, why would he even care to plant drugs on the perp?