4 Powers of constable.E+W+S
Where a constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person has committed an offence under the provisions of this Act and that evidence of the commission of the offence may be found on that person or in or on any vehicle he may have with him, the constable may—
(a)without warrant, stop and search that person and any vehicle or article he may have with him; and
(b)seize and detain for the purposes of proceedings under any of those provisions anything which may be evidence of the commission of the offence or may be liable to be confiscated under section 6 of this Act.
Extent Information
E1S. 4 extends to England, Wales and Scotland but so much of s. 4 as refers to s. 6 does not apply to Scotland, see s. 7(4)