Holy shit, we got an LEO posting in this thread with more than "I've been told to take the phone from the person and search it... etc etc etc" @Matt: Glad we got a good response, thanks for chiming in. Also @John last I'd heard smell of is not probable cause for search, it might be enough cause to get them to call in a drug sniffing dog, but they rely on you caving when the officer insists "You can make this easy..."