What is the current state of the law in the context of temporary detention of a person's baggage at an airport?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Smith, 990 F.2d 1265 (9th Cir. 1993):
Where an officer is aware of specific and articulable facts warranting a reasonable belief that a person's baggage contains narcotics, the officer may temporarily detain the bag in order to pursue further investigation. United States v. Place, 462 U.S. 696, 706 (1983). The detention of the bags, however, must be limited in scope to the purposes of the detention. Id.
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