aliens; (2) The driver of the van glanced at Healy in the side view mirror; (3) The van had blacked-out windows; (4) The van exited the freeway once Healy began following it; and (5) Healy knows that California is a source and destination point for illegal aliens. Although this line of argument has been abandoned on appeal, we feel compelled to briefly address the government’s apparent belief that the defendants’ destination of California, a "source and destination point for illegal aliens,” is a factor we should consider in determining whether Healy had reasonable suspicion to search the van. This court has previously noted the exceptionally weak value of this type of evidence in assessing whether reasonable suspicion existed to justify a search for drugs. Williams, 271 F.3d at 1270 (<HOLDING>). This is particularly true because so many
holding that an officers observation of exchange of small object and money in a known drug trafficking area constituted reasonable suspicion holding that standing alone information that a vehicle hails from a purported known drug source area is at best a weak factor in finding suspicion of criminal activity holding reasonable and articulable suspicion existed to support the investigatory stop of a vehicle in view of the time of day and the officers prior knowledge of reports of criminal activity in the area holding that the areas propensity toward criminal activity is one factor to be considered in determining the existence of reasonable suspicion holding that officer had reasonable suspicion to stop a vehicle when confidential informant personally observed the vehicle provided a description of the vehicle and its direction detailed the basis for her suspicion that the vehicle was engaged in illegal activity and had previously given reliable information that led to the successful apprehension of individuals engaged in various criminal activity