Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
There is case law kicking around somewhere establishing that smell, in and of itself, is NOT probable cause to search a vehicle. I do not have the case name or even whether it was state or fed, but smell is going to be low on the list of concerns- PLAIN SIGHT is the big one to worry about.

As for smell, cops aside, thieves have noses too...
I posted this a while back:

http://boards.cannabis.com/current-e...b-c-court.html