Contrary to defendant's contention, the surveilling officer's testimony that, through high-powered binoculars from a distance of 125 to 130 feet and under adequate lighting, he saw a vial of crack cocaine in the hand of a person who had just handed defendant some money, is not inherently incredible or manifestly untrue, and accordingly defendant's motion to suppress was properly denied (see, People v Sioba,
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