Drug dog was probable cause....the presence of money + drug dog alert was the basis for taking money. According to police, he couldn't provide an explanation for the money.

The guy did tell the cops it was winnings from sports bet, but didn't want to elaborate further as it was a non-legal sports betting group.

What really saved the guy was presence of body cams, when they started pressing on that (wanting to see evidence of drug dog alerts in other cases) the DA suddenly changed their tune and became willing to settle.

It made me view the use of K9 in such cases as very suspect, basically there is no standard of behavior and the dogs actions mean whatever the cops want its actions to mean....