I've always wondered if he wanted them because something crime related was hidden in the bag...
RSBM This is exactly what I think. I wonder if they searched it, I can't find any information about the contents of the bag or anything.
How easy would it be to drop the tape and roll of cord into the bag? It would fall to the bottom and no one would notice it even if they looked down into the bag. They'd have to empty it to find it.
Anecdote: I've found so much random cr*p in DH's golf bag when I go to pack it up. I found a shoe one time. An entire shoe. Not even a golf shoe. It was a random running shoe he had lost like 4 months prior.