In a bid to disrupt methamphetamine trafficking, the state government is deploying new enforcement vans complete with drug testing facilities and "cutting-edge technology".
The three vans have been purpose-built specifically for drug transit route enforcement activities by the Meth Border Force.
Complete with forensic testing facilities, drug detection devices and specialist communications equipment, the new vans will allow police to conduct extended drug transit operations on highways where it is suspected methamphetamine is being trafficked throughout the state.
Nightscan lighting towers fitted to each of the vans will allow police to carry out operations anytime, day or night.
Two vans are being deployed permanently to the Kimberley and Goldfields regions, while a third will be based in Perth.
Three Isuzu trucks have also been purchased to transport equipment for the Meth Border Force.
A Police Media spokesman said officers have seized more than 1.5 tonnes of meth in the past 12 months.
Police Minister Michelle Roberts said the new equipment would boost police efforts to disrupt the supply and movement of meth around the State.
This new equipment will go a long way to disrupting the movement of meth into regional communities.
- Police Minister Michelle Roberts
“Importantly, it also provides a safer and more operationally efficient environment for officers conducting these very important operations,” she said.
“We know from recent wastewater testing that there are still challenges with meth in regional WA, and this new equipment will go a long way to disrupting the movement of meth into regional communities.”
