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Drug searches at WA border zones under new police power

Police Col Blanch McGowan Australia Western Australia

Commissioner Col Blanch said the border drug search zones could be activated based on intelligence. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

West Australian police will be handed extraordinary and permanent powers to search for drugs at almost two dozen entry zones into the state.

The McGowan government will amend laws to create 22 search areas around airports, ports and road and rail border crossings in a bid to replicate the dramatic fall in meth consumption when WA shut its borders to prevent COVID-19 transmission.

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