im grumpy

Ok so this isn't really about mj but last halloween a cop searched me and my friend because we had firecrackers (illegal in bc). He confiscated them all, and he also stole our lighters saying "You won't need these anymore!" Can they do this? It's not like the lighters are illegal. Sure they were crappy ones like 2 bucks but still. I know they can confiscate the fire crackers but what right do they have to take the lighters? I guess it probably would have given them to me if I asked but I was pretty scared this being my first time being searched or anything.

Ahh, also he found zigzags in my wallet, and asked if I "smoke dope". I said no, but if I had said yes there is nothing he could have done right? (i had no mj or anything related on me besides the papers)