CA8: Once PC for vehicle established, search can go wherever the things to be sought could be found; air compressor could be broken into for drugs

Defendant’s traffic stop was not unlawfully prolonged given the officer’s observations of the truck’s contents, the seeming implausibilities and inconsistencies in the responses to the officer’s routine questions, the reasonable suspicion the officer developed as a result of those improbable responses, as well as from the officer’s independent observations. Once probable cause developed, the scope of search under the automobile exception included an air compressor. United States v. Murillo-Salgado, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 6324 (8th Cir. April 13, 2017).

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