Originally Posted by
Bart
However, if the item in question is, for example, found concealed inside of a device or appears to be something illegal, then the appropriate thing to do is to turn it over to an LEO. (emphasis added)
If I see an iPod in somebody's bag, it's more likely than not that it contains illegally-downloaded material. Hence, any iPod "appears to be something illegal". If this isn't the case, then why is it appropriate to turn over a "baggie with a white substance"? I'd say that the probability that each are evidence of violations of the law are pretty close.