WA's Police Commissioner says he will seek support after the election for new legislation to give officers greater powers to stop and search vehicles at the state's border.
Western Australia's Police Commissioner wants new legislation to give officers greater powers to stop and search vehicles at the state's border.Chris Dawson says police need more permanent powers to help seize drugsIt comes after Premier Mark McGowan yesterdayfor years to come.
"The reason is because we have stopped about half the drugs coming in. The hard borders have been extremely successful," Mr Dawson told Perth radio station 6PR."But what it has also done is … we are getting much better at finding the trucks that are bringing drugs in."Mr Dawson said in the past six months WA Police had seized nine trucks, nearly $50 million in cash and "a whole stack of meth".
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