New roadside drug testing kits are being rolled out to the WA Police Force ahead of a festive season crackdown on drink and drug driving.
The new kits are more compact and portable and enable the screening process to be conducted from a roadside police vehicle.
Previous testing was mostly conducted from breath and drug buses or in areas with close proximity to a police station.
Launching the State-wide Police Traffic Campaign today, Police Minister Michelle Roberts said police enforcement efforts were being ramped up over the festive period.
Drug and booze bus operations will be deployed in metropolitan and regional Western Australia to catch intoxicated drivers.
Both marked and unmarked traffic vehicles, along with covert police motorbikes will target speeding, seatbelt offences and drivers using their mobile phones.
So far this year, more than 8,000 drivers have been charged with drink driving offences.
2,615 drivers have been caught driving with illicit drugs in their system.
Double demerit point penalties apply from midnight tonight until January 7, 2018.