Offbeat, U.S.: If you keep rubber bands in your car, you might get searched
- standard Cops in Pennsylvania pulled a guy over because a GPS unit was blocking the driver’s view. No big deal, right?
- unusual Upon searching his car, the officers found 26 pounds of cocaine (!), worth $1.2 million, hiding in a secret compartment.
- dubious The probable cause for the search was…the presence of rubber bands (often used to stack money). source