Opinion
February 16, 1988
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marano, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The information supplied to the arresting officers by a reliable informant, coupled with the officers' observations, gave them reasonable suspicion to believe that the defendant was engaged in criminal activity and allowed them to detain the defendant and ask for his license and registration (see, People v Sobotker, 43 N.Y.2d 559; Pennsylvania v Mimms, 434 U.S. 106; People v Russ, 61 N.Y.2d 693, 694; People v Olsen, 93 A.D.2d 824). The officers then saw four aluminum packets, in plain view in the back of the car, which they knew from experience were commonly used as containers for illegal drugs. Since there was probable cause to arrest the defendant, the subsequent search of the car's trunk, which resulted in the discovery of a gun, was proper (see, People v Vereb, 122 A.D.2d 897, 900; People v Brown, 116 A.D.2d 727). Mangano, J.P., Thompson, Bracken and Spatt, JJ., concur.