(AP) — A federal appeals court has reversed a Nebraska court’s ruling throwing out evidence from what it said was an improper search of a car by Omaha police that turned up drugs and nearly $2,000 in cash.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday also reversed the suppression of statements 36-year-old Shawn Morgan made to police confessing to being a drug dealer.

Court records show that when Omaha police approached Morgan’s car in a grocery store parking lot on April 17, 2012, he reached under his seat and did not immediately raise his hands when ordered to do so.

A lower court found that officers conducted an improper search of the car after handcuffing Morgan, but the appeals court said Tuesday that there was nothing improper about the search.