Plaintiff testified that he found a bag containing a gun and that when he saw defendant Lt. Maloney walking towards him, he so informed the officer. Since "a search authorized by consent is wholly valid," plaintiff's claims of illegal search and seizure and false arrest must fail (see Schneckloth v Bustamonte,
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