Hanline

MEMORANDUM **

Cara Hanline conditionally pled guilty, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(a)(2), to violating 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) by possessing more than 500 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Hanline now appeals the dis *92 trict court’s denial of her motion to suppress the introduction as evidence of drugs found in the back seat of her car subsequent to her -arrest. Because law enforcement officials had probable cause, 1 we affirm.

We have summarized the probable cause standard as follows:

United States v. Henderson, 241 F.3d 638, 647-48 (9th Cir.2000) (citations and quotations omitted, first two alterations in original). When, as here, an arrest or search is based substantially on tips provided by an informant, that individual’s reliability and his basis for knowing the information provided are “highly relevant” in determining whether the tips establish probable cause. Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 230 , 103 S.Ct. 2317 , 76 L.Ed.2d 527 (1983).

In this case, the confidential informant’s reliability is firmly established. Drug Enforcement Agency Agent Barry Koch testified that he had worked with the informant “on a regular basis” on “at…