Dunno.
In the US (at least according to Law & Order) search warrants are quite specific, you can't use something unrelated that you find to charge someone with a new crime.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:43, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

*shrugs*
I run a taxi desk, I ain't no high flyin' law type.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:44, Reply)

Duh-DUM
(Law and Order sound effect)
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:45, Reply)

Haha, I love that sound.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 12:11, Reply)

in England once they're in there for whatever reason
they can go to town on you for anything and everything.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:47, Reply)

Not strictly true
If I was looking for fraudulent documents, for example, and claimed I found some extreme porn pics, it'd look awkward explaining to people why I was trawling through the suspect's porn stash when i should have been looking at documents.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:50, Reply)

How about my example?
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post896686
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:51, Reply)

In that case you should wait and see if there are any other discount promotions before booking the tickets.

(Cave Duck, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:54, Reply)

Tart.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:56, Reply)

There'd definitely seize the lot and bring new charges against them
As the warrant would no doubt allow a thorough searching of the entire property, and the stuff you mentioned would be contraband. Searching the entire house is part of 'looking for evidence of X', wherein finding evidence of Y is allowable.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

So you're authorised to look for, say, CAI, but nothing else?
You can only "look in one room" but not the whole house?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)

I can look wherever in the hard disk drive
But I guess an example would be a copper raiding a house looking for stolen TVs but finds a bag of cocaine stuffed in the toilet cistern. You could argue why he was looking for a TV in the loo.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 12:07, Reply)

Aye.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 12:10, Reply)

Yeah but the US are fucking retards on that stuff
If they find a body in your car, unless they had a reason to stop you then you can't be charged in relation to it. Fucking twats.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:47, Reply)

seriously?
that's so stupid
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:49, Reply)

On the other hand, they can follow you around forever until you open the boot or it starts to smell,
at which point they're allowed to search. It's to stop the police harrassing people they don't like, given that damn near everyone is likely to have something illegal somewhere in their house.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:52, Reply)

really? not in every state surely?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Police can't pull you over if they know you are drunk
unless you commit another offence, like hitting something else or having a broken taillight.

But if they watch you leave a pub and get in your car they have to watch you do something illegal before they can stop you.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:52, Reply)

bloody hell that is retarded.
What if they had pc to search for heroin but found cannabis? would a search warrant cover anything illegal they find?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:53, Reply)

They're not worded quite that specifically - it'd be a warrant for illegal drugs, I'd imagine.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:54, Reply)