Man if the feds catch you smuggling x your finished

It wasn't the Feds and he wasn't smuggling anything
It amazes me how many people's cars get searched when they get pulled over.
My cars been searched once in like 15 years.
I wonder if police have some intel before they actually search the car

They led the police on a chase for 2 miles before stopping, which is enough for probable cause right there. As well, they admitted to having drugs before the car was even searched and consented to a search, which the police didn't even need at that point. That doesn't mean the police couldn't have had a tip though. They were pulled over for following too close, which is rare. You usually only receive a ticket for that after hitting someone from behind in an accident.
What's likely to happen is he will get a long ass probation but they probably won't drop the Felonies down or he will have to do a couple of months to a year and have them dropped down to misdemeanors.
I'm guessing he won't spend anytime in jail. If his dumb ass wouldn't have said anything and asked for a lawyer, he would have been in a much better position. You ask for a lawyer as soon as they put the cuffs on and don't say anything. He probably still has a chance to say he has a drug problem and get in a drug intervention program. Dopeboys been using that trick for years on non trafficking charges. Then they get to go to a halfway house and run shyt and get they clientele up cause they around nothing but fiends
