Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
49. Power to stop and search
conveyance.
Any officer authorized under section 42, may, if he has reason
to suspect that any animal or conveyance is, or is about to be, used for the
transport of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, in respect of which
he suspects that any provision of this Act has been, or is being, or is about
to be, contravened at any time, stop such animal or conveyance, or, in the case
of an aircraft, compel it to land and-
(a) rummage and search the conveyance or part thereof;
(b) examine and search any goods on the animal or in the
conveyance;
(c) if it becomes necessary to stop the animal or the
conveyance, he may use all lawful means for stopping it, and where such means
fail, the animal or the conveyance may be fired upon.