Author: Jidhin Davis, Charles Chacko Porathoor, Gayathri Sugathan / Editor: Tim Osborne / Codes: / Published: 18/06/2025
A 15-year-old boy is arrested and brought to the Emergency Department (ED) by police with a high suspicion of him having concealed drugs internally in haste while being pursued by police officers.
He is asymptomatic and denies possessing drugs.
The police officers have given you written authorisation for an intimate body search and x-rays to determine if packages have been swallowed.