King

MEMORANDUM *

Robert Lee King entered a conditional plea of guilty to possession of more than five grams of crack cocaine in violation of *481 21 U.S.C. § 844 (a), reserving the right to appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress the cocaine found on his person during a warrantless search. The district court ruled that the search was incident to King’s lawful arrest, and that officers conducted the search in a reasonable manner. We affirm.

King contends that officers lacked probable cause before they searched him for contraband. We disagree. Considering the totality of the circumstances, experienced officers could reasonably have believed that the items discovered inside the center console of the Taurus — a wad of cash stored alongside a digital scale coated with white powder residue — were indicia of drug dealing and that King, as the driver, was likely the possessor of those items. See United States v. Buckner, 179 F.3d 834, 837-39 (9th Cir.1999); United States v. Nohara, 3 F.3d 1239, 1242-43 (9th Cir. 1993); United States v. Hoyos, 892 F.2d 1387, 1392-93 (9th Cir.1989); see also Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119, 124 , 120 S.Ct. 673 , 145 L.Ed.2d 570 (2000)…