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A warrant issued by an RTC judge directs police to search the warehouse of Metro Logistics, Inc., located at Unit 3A, Industrial Park, for illegal drugs and unlicensed firearms and to seize the same. The warrant specifies the place to be searched as “the office and the storage area on the second floor” and describes the items to be seized as “illegal drugs and unlicensed firearms found therein.” Police arrive at 3:30 a.m.; the owner is away. The building’s security supervisor, who has daily access to the warehouse, grants consent to search “the entire warehouse, including any locked rooms and safes.” Officers proceed to search beyond the two specified spaces into the loading bay and a locked steel cabinet in the supervisor’s office, and seize a handgun from the cabinet and methamphetamine from the loading bay. The defense moves to suppress the evidence as fruits of an unlawful search. Which of the following best describes the controlling doctrine and the validity of the search of the loading bay and the locked cabinet?