25.—(1) Any officer of the Bureau, police officer, officer of customs, or special police officer or member of the Vigilante Corps authorised in writing by a police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, may arrest and search without a warrant any person who has committed or whom he reasonably suspects to have committed an offence under this Act or a seizable offence under the regulations.
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(2) Any person arrested under subsection (1) shall, together with any controlled drug, controlled substance or article liable to seizure, be taken to the Central Narcotics Bureau, a police station or a customs station and may be searched.
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(3) No woman shall be searched under this Act except by another woman.
(4) An officer making an arrest under this section may seize and detain any controlled drug, controlled substance or article liable to seizure.