Zach was stopped around 11:00 p.m. on Saturday night at a roadblock the police had established on a city street to check for drivers who were under the influence of alcohol. As Officer Williams approached Zach's car she used her flashlight to look into the car and observed what appeared to be a machinegun on the back seat. She ordered Zach out of the car and arrested him. Officer Williams placed Zach in the backseat of her patrol car. She then searched Zach's car and found a bag of counterfeit $20 bills under the driver's seat and a box containing ten stolen iPods in the trunk. Will the stolen iPods found in the trunk be admissible as part of a search incident to arrest?
A) Yes, an officer is allowed to search the entire car whenever the driver is arrested.
B) Yes, an officer is allowed to search the entire car when a person in the car is arrested on weapons charges.
C) No, the officer is not allowed to search the car if the person was removed from the car prior to the search.
D) No, the trunk is never part of a search incident to an arrest of a person in a car.
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