Power to search and seize

An Inspector may enter and search any place in which he has reason to believe that an offence under this Act, has been, or is being or is likely to be, committed, and may seize any notified drugs and other things which he has reason to believe to be liable to confiscation under this Act ; and any other article which he has reason to believe may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under this Act ; and he may detain and search any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed an offence punishable under this Act.