A police officer stops a subject based on reasonable suspicion that the subject is about to engage in criminal conduct and has reasonable suspicion that the subject is armed. While conducting a frisk or pat down of the subject, the officer feels an object in the subject’s pants pocket. The officer manipulates the object and believes it to be a knife. Upon reaching into the pocket, the officer discovers the object is a metal cylinder containing cocaine. The cocaine:
a. may be used as evidence since the object felt like a weapon.
b. may be used as evidence since the officer knew drug users often carry cocaine in such containers.
c. should not be admitted as evidence since the officer manipulated the container.
d. should not be admitted as evidence since the container is not a weapon.